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The unused air cargo terminals were leased by the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) to store the rice bumper harvest from the region which allowed the Airport to make revenues larger than flight-related activities. [31] In 2016, over 300 soldiers, police officers and volunteers were deployed to chase away wild animals from the airport.
The Paddy Marketing Board continues to regulate the prices of paddy to this day. [31] He also began important irrigation projects such as Moragahakanda, Kalu and Walawe rivers . [ 45 ] He was re-elected to Parliament at the 2000 parliamentary election and retained his ministerial portfolio.
Mapatunage James "M. J." Perera was a Sri Lankan civil servant (3 February 1915 – 14 March 2002) with nine members in his family in Udumulla, Padukka.He created broadcasting history by being the first Ceylonese Director General of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia, taking over the helm from John Lampson of the BBC.
Paddy field in Sammanthurai, Ampara District. Rice production or Paddy production is one of the main productions and staple foods in Sri Lanka. It cultivates in all districts of Sri Lanka during two monsoon seasons. It is estimated that about 708,000 ha (1,750,000 acres) of land uses for paddy. [1] The seasons are called Maha season and Yala ...
In 2019, Sunshine Holdings was the 16th largest conglomerate company in Sri Lanka with a brand value of LKR3,947 million. [5] The company reduced its investment in oil palm farming and dairy production and increased its stake in Watawala Tea Ceylon, a marketing company that brands Zesta and Watawala. 75% of Watawala Plantations' ownership was ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 27 July 2005: Minister of Agriculture [35] Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 November 2005: Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development [36] 28 January 2007: Minister of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services [37] [38] [39] Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena ...
This is a list of places in Sri Lanka with an English name – i.e. names that were originally placenames in England later applied in Sri Lanka by English emigrants and explorers. Places where the corresponding place name in England is well known