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Don’t buy eggs for more than 55 rupees!

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2 years ago

December 19, 2022

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All Ceylon Egg Producers Association (ACEPA) Joint Secretary Dumishka Subasinghe requested the public not to buy eggs at prices higher than Rs.55.

He said that it costs Rs.46.95 to produce an egg in a farm, and an egg is sold to traders for Rs.49.

He said the reason for the shortage of eggs in Colombo is the daily supply of over 3 million eggs to the bakeries during this festive season. “By the New Year season next year (2023), the shortage of eggs and the issue of price increase will be completely resolved,” he said.

Meanwhile, he said that the demand for eggs from bakeries for the production of various sweets such as cakes and biscuits has increased during the festive season.

He said that between 8.5 and 9 million eggs were produced per day before the covid-19 pandemic. However, the egg production collapsed due to poultry farm owners selling the animals.

He said that some retailers and middlemen have raised the price of eggs up to Rs.57, and some middlemen are trying to raise the price of eggs by buying an egg for Rs.52 or Rs.53 from the poultry farm owners.

However, the Joint Secretary said the price of eggs will decrease after the 25th of this month, and added that the cost of maintaining chickens has tripled.

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CBSL presents Financial Statements and Operations Report 2024 to President

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1 hour ago

April 29, 2025

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The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) – Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, officially handed over the Financial Statements and Operations Report 2024 of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to President Anura Kumara Disanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today (April 29).

A copy of the report was also presented to Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.

Several senior officials from the Central Bank were present at the occasion.

(President’s Media Division)

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30 injured in a bus accident in Beliatta

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2 hours ago

April 29, 2025

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30 persons have been injured in a head-on collision between a private bus and a SLTB bus near the Hettiarachchi bend in the Beliatta police division today (April 29).

Police said that the injured have been admitted to the Tangalle and Beliatta hospitals.

Further investigations are underway.

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Millions lost due to Kompanna Veediya flyover construction delay

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April 29, 2025

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Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation – Bimal Rathnayake yesterday (April 28) visited construction site of the flyover being built from Baladaksha Mawatha near the Kompanna Veediya Police Station to Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha, in Colombo, to inquire about the cause of its delay.

He pointed out that the government has been compelled to pay over Rs.400 million to contractors as delay charges and a significant daily loss of Rs. 500,000 is being incurred.

The flyover has been planned to be built from Baladaksha Mawatha near the Slave Island Police Station to Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha, in Colombo.

Accordingly, 06 police residential quarters had to be removed, and as a result, the project was delayed for about 02 years.

According to the Transport Ministry, it was informed during the inspection tour that steps will be taken to promptly remove the police residential quarters, which have caused the delay.

Stating that the matter must be resolved immediately, the minister has instructed the relevant officials to ensure that the construction of the flyover is completed by the end of this year under any circumstances.