If vendors try to sell sugar at prices above the Government controlled maximum price on imported sugar, such unscrupulous traders will be punished irrespective of their status,
State Minister for Sugarcane, Maize, Cashew, Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Betel and Small Crop Cultivation Development Janaka Wakkumbura says.

A special concessionary package will be introduced for International Airlines when register with the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport to operate scheduled flights, says Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga.

A special meeting of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) was held in Parliament Sept; (21) under the chairmanship of Prof. Charitha Herath. A number of issues including the future proceedings of the Committee and the institutions to be summoned were discussed at this meeting.

Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris met his Australian counterpart Marise Payne in New York and discussed avenues for enhanced cooperation on a wide spectrum of areas.