COLOMBO (News 1st): The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a Regional Manager in the Kilinochchi area for fraudulently selling 30,000 metric tons of paddy stored at the Paddy Marketing Board, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Friday (Dec. 31). Issuing a communique, the Ministr...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Minister of Agriculture, P. Harrison said that a maximum retail price for rice will be in effect from April 1st. He made this statement at a meeting held in Anuradhapura this morning (February 17). The Minister said that a maximum retail price of Rs. 80 and Rs. 85 will be imp...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Cost of Living Sub Committee has announced a decision to re-impose a price control of Rs. 108 for a kilogram of Samba rice and Rs. 88 for a kilogram of Nadu rice. Head of Marketing Food Policy and the Agri-Business Division at the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and ...