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Aurganica Beverage targets Euro 90,000 forex from king coconut water exports Source:-dailynews Aurganica Beverage Company targets over Euro 90,000 annual forex income from king coconut water exports, Nihal Perera, Managing Director, Aurganica Beverages Company (Private) Limited said. “Since 2013 we have been exporting our value-added products to Germany, USA, Australia and other Middle Eastern countries with remarkable appreciation from foreign buyers.” “By now our regular export value is Rs 85 million and with the opening of the new Piliyandala factory this year we are targeting to increase this by 150 %. The new factory can process 20,000 king coconuts a day,” he said. A mechanical engineer by profession Perera served top companies before forming his own company.  In 1990 he joined Nihal Perera Renuka Group of Companies and worked with Dr. S. R.Rajiah then Managing Director of Coco Lanka, Jaela. “As the first factory manager, general manager along with the ...

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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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Govt. to import cattle from India, Pakistan- By Ifham Nizam Source:Island Plans were underway to import dairy cows from India and Pakistan shortly, a senior officer of the Ministry of Agriculture said. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera had held discussions with the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Gopal Bhagle, on several occasions regarding the procurement of dairy cows from India, the official said. Amaraweera said that getting cows from India and Pakistan were cheaper and the animals always adapted to Sri Lanka’s climatic conditions better than those from Australia and New Zealand. Previous attempts to import animals from Australia and New Zealand had proven disastrous, the Minister said. Meanwhile, arrangements were also made to catch buffaloes released into sanctuaries for grazing and send them to the NLDB farms. ...

Sep 18, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Govt. dethrones national mammal giant squirrel Source:Island The government had decided to remove the grizzled giant squirrel as the national mammal of Sri Lanka, given that it is an animal that caused much crop damage through its voracious eating habits, the Minister of Agriculture, Mahinda Amaraweera, said yesterday.The Minister said that a number of farmers’ associations have asked him to delist the giant squirrel as the national mammal. The farmers say that the grizzled giant squirrel is one of the biggest threats to crops and they can’t do anything against it because it is the national mammal.Minister Amaraweera said the government was sensitive to the issue and plans to replace the grizzled giant squirrel with an endemic mammal. ...

Aug 14, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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SRI LANKA NEWS (JULY 2022) Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) says the number of tourists coming to Sri Lanka has decreased by 60 percent in last month. Director General of SLTDA Dhammika Wijesinghe said this situation has arisen in view of the crisis atmosphere in the country. According to SLTDA, 106,500 tourists arrived in the island in March 2022 and the tourist arrivals have decreased to 32,856 in the month of June Tourism Development Authority Director General Dhammika Wijesinghe said. July and August are the two months when most tourists visit the island. During those two months, the tourists mostly visit the eastern part of the country. Apart from that more tourists tend to visit Kandy area in August. The Director General said in view of the current situation, about 40 percent of the pre-bookings of tourist hotels in Sri Lanka have been canceled by ...

Aug 5, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , ,
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Agriculture Ministry seeks to set up dollar account- By Ifham Nizam Source:Island The Ministry of Agriculture had yesterday decided to establish a dollar account for the development of the agriculture sector for the country’s food security, a senior Ministry official said.Chairman of the Presidential Committee on National Food Security, Dr. Suren Batagoda, said that if Sri Lanka’s food security is not ensured, the people of the country will suffer a major nutritional deficiency next year. A discussion was held at the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation, under the patronage of Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, about the work to be carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture, on food security.Dr. Batagoda, secretaries of the Ministry Rohana Pushpakumara and Mrs. Chandra Herath, as well as Moneragala and Hambantota district secretaries, and a group of officials, participated in the discussion. ...

Aug 1, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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President leaves for UK to attend UN Climate Change Conference Source:Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the island today (October 30) to attend the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in the United Kingdom. The United Nations Climate Change Conference is scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland from tomorrow (October 31) to November 12 to discuss climate change and to talk about how countries implement their strategies to tackle the climate crisis. November 01 and 02 are set aside for the World Leaders’ Summit. Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera, State Minister of Solar, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Projects Development Duminda Dissanayake, Principal Advisor to the President Lalith Weeratunga, Foreign Secretary Admiral (Prof.) Jayanath Colombage and Secretary to the Ministry of Environment Dr Anil Jasinghe are accompanying the President. ...

Nov 1, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Balangoda Calcite Deposit best in the world Source:Dailynews The Balangoda Calcite Deposit is currently the best calcite deposit in the world, Peradeniya University Prof. H.M.T.G.A. Pitawala said. He said such a high quality calcite deposits have never been recorded in any other country in the world. The Environment Ministry recently held a discussion on the possibility of producing Calcium Carbonate as a value addition production using 2,000 tons of waste Calcite currently excavated at the Balangoda Calcite deposit as a first step.  The discussion was chaired by Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera. Geological Survey and Mines Bureau, Central Environmental Authority, Peradeniya University and Environment Ministry officials participated. Minor excavations at the Balangoda Calcite Deposit are being carried out by various individuals in an informal manner. Therefore, it was emphasized that in order to properly utilize this calcite deposit, it must be produced as a value addition product of calcium carbonate which ...

Jul 17, 2021 Posted by In Articles, elanka Finance Tagged
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Supermarkets provide 100 billion shopping bags to customers annually: Amaraweera Source:Dailymirror A total of 100 billion shopping bags are being issued to consumers every year by the supermarket chains and 10 million lunch sheets are used, which are causing an environmental hazard, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. A joint programme was held at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo by the Environment Ministry and the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) to mark ‘World Earth Day’. ...

Apr 26, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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