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200,000 hatching eggs to be imported

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2 years ago

January 10, 2023

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Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera has instructed the Livestock Division of the Ministry to take steps to import 200,000 hatching eggs to Sri Lanka.

Authorities said the shortage of animal feed as well as the decrease in the annual import of parent birds from 80,000 to 40,000 has led to the reduction of the monthly egg production to 30 million.

The decrease in parent birds imported last year has affected poultry productions.

Since egg production may be delayed by 11 months when importing parent birds, it has been decided to import hatching eggs as an alternative.

The Department of Animal Production and Health has prepared necessary preliminary work in this regard and the procedure for breeding parent birds from imported hatching eggs will be implemented using the two hatcheries located in Miriswatta and Marawila farms under the Livestock Development Board.

Steps have been taken to transfer the importation of hatching eggs to the National Livestock Development Board and private sector institutions while the Livestock Development Division at the Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Animal Production and Health provide necessary facilities.

If these hatching eggs are imported before the end of February, the production of eggs can be brought to a higher level by next May and June, the officials of the Livestock Development Division pointed out.

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Nishantha Wickremesinghe remanded (Update)

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7 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickremesinghe has been remanded until July 01.

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(Previous News : June 27, 2025 4.41pm)

2 ex-heads of govt. institutions, arrested

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested two former Chairmen on corruption charges.

Former Chairman of the Fisheries Corporation – Upali Liyanage and former SriLankan Airlines Chairman – Nishantha Wickremesinghe have been arrested in this manner.

However, Liyanage, who was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayathunga, was released on three sureties amounting to Rs. 5 million.

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Body of undergrad who went missing at Port City beach, found (Update)

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10 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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The body of the undergraduate who had gone missing at the Port City beach, has been found.

The body was found during a search by divers.

(Previous News on 27th June 2025 at 10.06 am)

Undergrad goes missing at Port City beach while snorkeling

A 24-year-old university student from Asgiriya, Gampaha, has gone missing yesterday morning (June 26) while swimming in the sea off the Colombo Port City beach.

According to the police, the student, a resident of Gampaha, was part of a group of students from the Universities of Colombo and Moratuwa who had visited the artificial beach and engaged in snorkelling.

The student failed to resurface, prompting a complaint to the Colombo Port Police.

Lifeguards later recovered the snorkeling gear believed to be belonging to the missing student.

A joint search operation involving Navy divers from the Colombo Port and Rangala Navy Division is currently underway. Further investigations are underway by the Colombo Port Police.