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Sri Lanka

Govt to import 40,000 MT of Keeri Samba to tackle rice shortage

The government has decided to import 40,000 metric tons of Keeri Samba and substitute rice varieties in a bid to address the current...

Politics

Kaviratne slams Samarasinghe over rice shortage claims

Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Rohini Kavirathna has rejected minister Wasantha Samarasinghe’s claim that Kekulu rice was unavailable for Thai Pongal due to the...

Politics

FSP blames large-scale millers for rice shortage

Education Secretary of the Front Line Socialist Party (FSP) Pubudu Jayagoda claimed that the current rice shortage resulted from deliberate market manipulation by...