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Another stock of 1mn eggs imported; total bill exceeds USD 300,000

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Another ship carrying one million eggs imported from India reached the Colombo Port last night (20).

Its samples will be obtained today (21) by the Department of Animal Production and Health, Sri Lanka State Trading Chairman Asiri Walisundara said.

Meanwhile, the samples of the egg stock that reached the country on April 15 were obtained yesterday.

Mr. Walisundara said that the reports are to be received in another four days.

Currently, the amount of eggs imported from India to Sri Lanka is five million at a cost of USD 388,189.

He said that the eggs will be continuously issued to large-scale bakery owners and hotel owners at a price of 35 rupees.

Meanwhile, a gazette was issued yesterday (20) fixing the maximum retail price of eggs.

A maximum retail price at which eggs should be sold according to weight was also issued.

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Gota’s national schools project, scrapped

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The government has decided to abolish the project launched under former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to upgrade 671 provincial schools as national schools.

Under the project, each school was allocated Rs.02 million – totaling over Rs.1340 million – for emergency renovations and new national school name boards, with some costing over Rs.500,000.

Schools have now been instructed to remove these boards, along with the “National School” title, official seals, and letterheads, and revert to their previous identities.

The initiative aimed to increase the number of national schools to 329,000, but only 05 schools in the Western Province were converted.

Professor Kapila Perera, Secretary of the Ministry of Education at that time, now serves as Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Highways.

(Source: Aruna)

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Gazette issued on 2026 Public & Bank Holidays

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The Government of Sri Lanka has officially declared the list of Public and Bank Holidays for the year 2026, through an Extraordinary Gazette issued on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

The gazette issued is as follows : 

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Postal strike ends

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The Union of Postal and Telecommunications Officers says postal services will operate as usual today (May 31).

Secretary Manjula Jayasundara stated that striking union members returned to work from yesterday (May 30) afternoon, and distribution of over 2,000 delayed mail bags has begun.

This strike, launched over 10 demands including delays in recruitment, has reportedly drawn the attention of the relevant authorities.

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