Crackdown on errant bakery owners
The Consumer Affairs and Internal Trade Ministry
(CAITM) yesterday assured that immediate action would be taken
against bakery owners who make exorbitant profits by increasing
wheat flour based products following last week’s gas price hike.
Ministry investigation teams will be deployed on the directive of
Minister Johnston Fernando from tomorrow to crack down on such
errant bakery owners and restaurateurs who take undue advantage of
the increase in gas prices.
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Mini Budget 2010 next month
The Budget for 2010 will be presented to
Parliament next month, according to Finance Ministry sources. “A
Vote of Account was taken for the next three months under a special
Presidential decree provided by the Constitution”, the sources said.
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EU pledges more support for Sri Lanka
The European Union (EU) has pledged its support
to develop Sri Lanka in the future. The Ambassador and Head of
Delegation of the European Union in Colombo, Bernard Savage said the
EU looks forward to continue its good relations with Sri Lanka and
assist the country to move forward from the post conflict era to
development.
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New Act soon to revamp education
A new National Education Policy and a new
Education Act will be introduced soon, said Education Minister
Bandula Gunawardena. Minister Gunawardena told the Sunday Observer
that the present Education Act was introduced by the Father of Free
Education Dr. C.W.W. Kannangara in 1931.
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Shock! Leaders drop to third place
The keen tussle for the Most Popular ‘crowns’ of
the Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year contest
continued as two different leaders emerged in the All-Island and
Outstation segments after the latest count of voting.
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The visiting foreign Minister of Seychelles Jean Paul Adams and Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris held bi-lateral discussions at the Foreign Ministry this evening.
Sri Lanka registered a superb 35 (five goals) points to 10 (one goal and one penalty) victory over Singapore in their Asian Five Nations Rugby Division 1 tournament match played at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, Philippines today.
Two Thai women who were pretending pregnant mothers, were apprehended while attempting to smuggle 162 cocaine tablets. 
The Government decision to increase the import tax on motor vehicles was aimed at controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the vehicle fleet of the country as excessive number of vehicles have been imported to the country during the past three years, Acting Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said today. “We had no other intention behind this move other than controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the road network”, the Minister said.
The Catholic Church today appealed to the President to halt any amendments leading to relax existing Abortion Law of the country, cautioning that such measures would aggravate the social issue and deprive children of their right to life. 
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Wednesday night that the new head of the government’s Socialist Left party (SV) has ousted veteran SV politician and former party leader Erik Solheim as the government minister in charge of both environmental and foreign aid issues.
The Department of Wildlife and Conservation (DWLC) has launched an investigation why the army shot two wild elephants in Bundala yesterday. According to environmentalists one jumbo was shot in the head and the other sustain similar gun shot injuries.
The Sri Lankan delegation, who left the country Wednesday to attend the 19th session of the United Nations Human Right Council in Geneva, Switzerland, says they have a well-organized plan to counteract the arguments against Sri Lanka.
Eight Indian fishermen from Keechankuppam fishing hamlet in Nagapattinam district sustained injuries in an alleged mid-sea attack by Lankan fishermen at midnight on Tuesday.
The UK still believes that a process led in Sri Lanka is better than one led internationally, said the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Alistair Burt, participating in a debate on the situation in Sri Lanka in the House of Commons yesterday (22).
In a new boost to Sri Lanka’s geo-textile industry and Sri Lanka’s standing as world’s largest exporter of coir fibre, a top US government agency has cleared the way for Sri Lankan made geo-textiles for two projects. 
