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SRI LANKA NEWS (FEBRUARUY  202 Compiled by Victor Melder. CCPI Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2021=100) increased to It said the Food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 3.3% in January 2024 from 0.3% in December 2023, while the Non-Food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 7.9% in January 2024 from 5.8% in December 2023. CBSL also said the monthly change of CCPI recorded 2.87% in January 2024 due to the price increases of 1.21% observed in the items of Food category and 1.66% observed in the items of Non-Food category. The core inflation (Y-o-Y), which reflects the underlying inflation in the economy, increased to 2.2% in January 2024 from 0.6% in December 2023. As expected, inflation accelerated in January 2024 mainly due to tax adjustments implemented at the beginning of the month and weather related disruptions to food supply. A temporary uptick ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , ,
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20 TV channels for education-by Asela Kuruluwansa and Central Province Group Corr. Nihal Jayawardena Source:Dailynews Up to 20 dedicated TV channels will be set up to facilitate online education to overcome the problems faced by children in online education during school closures during the pandemic, said Minister of Mass Media and Information, Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella. Under this programme, which is being implemented jointly by the Ministry of Mass Media and the Ministry of Education, 13 channels from Grade One to Grade 13 and two channels dedicated to Pirivena education will be initially launched, he said. This was revealed by the minister during a scholarship awarding ceremony held at the Kundasale Divisional Secretariat yesterday where 185 children in the Kundasale Electorate received scholarships. ...

Jul 17, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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MORE COVID JABS HERE IN TWO MONTHS-by Asela Kuruluwansa and S.K Samaranayake Source:Dailynews Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the required number of COVID-19 vaccines for controlling the disease in Sri Lanka will be brought to Sri Lanka within the next two months. Accordingly, three million doses are expected to be delivered to Sri Lanka soon and Kandy and Kurunegala districts will be given priority in providing the vaccines, he added. ...

May 15, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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