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Strategic plan launched to revitalize SL’s dairy industry

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3 weeks ago

June 3, 2025

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President Anura Kumara Disanayake held a discussion this morning (June 03) at the Presidential Secretariat with senior officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, focusing on the revitalization of the local dairy industry.

The meeting centred on the need to transform MILCO and the National Livestock Development Board into efficient and productive enterprises that can meet the country’s domestic dairy demand.

President Disanayake emphasized the importance of minimizing production costs and maximizing the use of existing resources to position the local dairy sector as a market-driven, efficient and sustainable industry.

Officials from MILCO noted that the company has recorded an increase in production capacity during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.

Among those in attendance were Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation K.D. Lalkantha, Senior Additional Secretary to the President Kapila Janaka Bandara, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Dr. Palika Fernando, Chairman of MILCO G.V.H. Gotabhaya, Chairman of the National Livestock Development Board Dr. B.C.S. Perera and a group of senior officials from institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture.

(President’s Media Division)

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Nishantha Wickremesinghe remanded (Update)

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6 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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9 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.