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Several more countries request Toque monkeys from SL : Amaraweera

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9 months ago

October 5, 2023

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Several more countries apart from China have requested Sri Lanka to provide Toque macaque monkeys for their zoological gardens, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today.

He told Parliament that the government had informed them to make the request through the respective embassies in those countries.

Responding to a question by SJB MP Niroshan Perera, the Minister said the requests for the export of monkeys have been halted as animal rights organisations and activists had filed a petition challenging the move.

He said crops worth more than Rs. 20 billion are lost annually due to animals such as monkeys, wild boars and peacocks.

The Minister said he discussed with animal rights organisations, who are against the export of monkeys, about their proposals to prevent crop damage but none of them had come up with any practical solutions.

(dailymirror.lk)

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Sri Lanka finalizes debt restructuring agreement with official creditor committee

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4 hours ago

June 26, 2024

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Sri Lanka has reached a final restructuring agreement for USD 5.8 billion of debt with its bilateral lenders’ Official Creditor Committee in Paris, France a short while ago, the President’s Media Division announces.

This agreement grants significant debt relief, allowing Sri Lanka to allocate funds to essential public services & secure concessional financing for its development needs, the PMD adds.

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Ali Sabry to undertake an official visit to Japan

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5 hours ago

June 26, 2024

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On an invitation extended by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry is scheduled to undertake an official visit to Japan from 01 July 2024.

During this visit, the Foreign Minister will engage in bilateral discussions with his Japanese counterpart which will focus on making further progress on the outcome of the latter’s official visit to Sri Lanka in May 2024. Foreign Minister Sabry will also call on several other dignitaries including Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi.

The Foreign Minister will be accompanied by senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka.

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Court order issued against planned teacher-principal protest in Colombo

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6 hours ago

June 26, 2024

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The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has issued an order preventing the General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers’ Union Joseph Stalin, Ven. Ulapane Sumangala Thero and 8 others from staging a demonstration in a manner that inconvenience the public or pedestrians along Galle Road, NSA Roundabout and several roads in Colombo today (26).

Accordingly, they have been barred from holding protests that blocks the sections of roads from Ceramic Junction to NSA Roundabout, NSA Roundabout to Baladaksha Mawatha along Galle Road and area also prohibited from entering the Finance Ministry, President’s Secretariat, Central Bank of Sri Lanka and President’s House premises.

The order also mentions that there is no obstacle for a government official who is responsible for only a small group to enter the aforementioned premises to deliver their memos on the basis of a lawfully obtained permission.

Meanwhile, the court also stated that this order does not interfere with the fundamental right to peaceful protest without unlawful behavior and causing any disturbance to general public.

(adaderana.lk)

(This story, originally published by adaderana.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)