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Transporting beef & mutton at district & provincial level, suspended

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered to suspend the transportation of beef and mutton at district and provincial level with immediate effect in order to safeguard public health considering the sudden death of cattle, buffalos and goats in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.  

The President has also instructed the relevant district officers and the Police to act responsibly in this regard.

Cattle, buffaloes and goats have suddenly died in the vicinity of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu in the Northern Province and Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara Districts in the Eastern Province on Thursday (08) and Friday (09).

According to the statistics by the Department of Animal Production and Health, 358 cattle and 191 goats have died in the Northern Province, while 444 cattle, 34 buffaloes and 65 goats have died in the Eastern Province.

North and East Animal Production and Health Department fficials and veterinarians are visiting these places providing necessary health facilities to the animals.

Veterinary Investigation Officers, in the first phase, have conducted preliminary investigations through the District Veterinary Investigation Centers in the respective districts of the Eastern and Northern Provinces, and they suspect that these animals have died due to a shock caused by the unexpected cold weather throughout the country.

Under the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture, the intervention of the Department of Animal Production and Health, it has been decided to commence the laboratory tests today.

Accordingly, a team of veterinarians and officers from the Animal Health Division of the Peradeniya Head Office of the Animal Production and Health Department collected the specimens of the dead animal from Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara districts today.

Director General of the Department of Animal Production and Health Dr. Hemali Kothalawala said that that specimen of animals will be subjected to laboratory tests at the Gannoruwa Veterinary Research Institute today and tomorrow.

However, the President has ordered to suspend the transportation of beef and mutton at the district and provincial level with immediate effect in order to safeguard the public health, until these research activities are properly concluded and the reports are being released.

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Fuel prices revised at midnight

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The CPC has reduced the prices of fuel with effect from midnight today (31).

The price of Petrol 92 Octane has been reduced by Rs.15 per litre to Rs.318 while the price of Petrol 95 Octane has been increased by Rs.20 to Rs.385 per litre.

In addition, the price of a Super Diesel litre has increased by Rs.10 to Rs.340 while a litre of Kerosene reduced by Rs.50 to Rs.245.

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Urea price to drop in mid June

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The price of Urea fertilizer is to be reduced.

According to Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera, the price of a 50kg Urea fertilizer bag sold to farmers by the two state-owned fertilizer companies will be priced at Rs. 9,000 from June 15.

“A bag of urea is sold by the private sector at Rs. 42,000 during the last yala season, has now been brought down by the private sector to Rs. 11,000. The reason for this was that the government took steps to provide a bag of urea to the farmers at a minimum price of Rs. 10,000,” the minister said.

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CBSL names 8 entities that conducted prohibited schemes

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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued a public notice naming 08 entities that have conducted prohibited schemes.

The entities named are :

  1. Tiens Lanka Health Care (Pvt) Ltd.
  2. Best Life International (Pvt) Ltd.
  3. Global Lifestyle Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
  4. Mark-Wo International (Pvt) Ltd.
  5. V M L International (Pvt) Ltd.
  6. Fast 3Cycle International (Pvt) Ltd (F3C)
  7. Sport Chain App, Sports Chain ZS Society Sri Lanka
  8. OnmaxDT

The CBSL further stated that any person who directly or indirectly initiates, offers, promotes, advertises, conducts, nances, manages or directs a scheme in contravention of the provisions of Section 83C of the Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988 shall be guilty of a punishable offence.

The complete public notice issued by the CBSL in this regard is as follows :

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