Wholesale prices of sugar & flour increased
The wholesale prices of sugar and wheat flour have been increased, the Essential Food Commodities Importers and Traders Association said.
Its Chairman Nihal Seneviratne said the wholesale price of a kilogram of sugar has been increased by Rs.25 from Rs.225 to Rs.250.He said that India’s restriction of sugar exports has resulted in increased prices.Meanwhile, the wholesale price of a kilogram of wheat flour has been increased by Rs.10 from Rs.200 to Rs.210.
The reason for this is the removal of the three-rupee tax concession imposed on wheat flour.
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The Customs concession of Rs. 3 that was imposed on wheat flour has been removed and there will be no change in the price of wheat flour in the retail market, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has said.
While addressing a meeting in Avissawella today (08) he said by re-imposing the duty of three rupees per kilo on wheat flour, which is the main substitute for rice, wheat flour prices will be managed to protect the 90% subsistence level of paddy farmers.
(dailymirror.lk)
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A couple and another person who were arrested over the death of a 16-year-old girl in Kalutara have been ordered to be remanded in custody until May 15.
The suspects include the deceased’s female friend and the friend’s boyfriend, as well as another who is the driver of a vehicle linked to the crime. The main suspect of the case is still at large.
They were remanded after being produced before the Kalutara Magistrate’s Court today (08).
The schoolgirl who had died after falling from the third floor of a five-storey building where rooms are rented, was located next to the railway line in Kalutara city was discovered on May 06.
The deceased girl was identified to be a 16 year old resident from the Nagoda area and her remains have been identified by the parents of the deceased.
An employee of the hotel had witnessed that all four were drinking alcohol in one room, although they had rented two rooms in the hotel.
Later, the young couple had left the hotel, and the hotel employees had witnessed the other young boy leaving the hotel in a panic after about 20 minutes.
A person, who came to the hotel later on, had informed the hotel staff that a woman was lying naked on the railway track near the hotel.
Upon notifying the police, it had been revealed that she had already died.
Vehicles that have not obtained revenue licenses for five consecutive years will be blacklisted and removed from the information system of the Department of Motor Traffic, its Commissioner General Nishantha Anuruddha Weerasinghe said.
Although 8.3 million vehicles have currently been registered with the Department, only 6 million vehicles have been registered through the QR code system, he said.
(dailymirror.lk)
