The Navy took hold of 345kg (wet weight) of smuggled Tendu leaves, during separate search operations conducted at the beach areas of Erambugodella and Kappaladi in Puttalam on 31st August.
A group of journalists representing the Middle East region recently visited the Parliament for a study tour of the Parliament. An awareness program focusing on the Parliament of Sri Lanka was also organized for their benefit.
The Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan received the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Saudi Arabia, Omar Lebbe Ameer Ajwad at the Ministry of Education in Riyadh recently.
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said new cooperative business models are essential for rural upliftment and the vast cooperative system should be galvanized for growth of rural industries and agriculture.