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Sri Lanka Handicrafts Board; Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation; ... Orient Lanka Ltd; Paddy Marketing Board; Panadura Tea and Rubber Co. Ltd;
He has held various senior roles at state-owned organisations: Agricultural Products Marketing Authority (director), Ceylon Steel Corporation (director), Co-operative Wholesale Establishment (chairman), Lanka Sathosa (chairman), Paddy Marketing Board (director) and State Commercial (Cooperatives and Wholesale) Company (director).
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.
This was the first time the An-225 had landed in Sri Lanka. [ 43 ] During the COVID-19 pandemic, The airport has been handling ship crew changes and repatriation flights, In June and July 2020, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport handled more than 50 flights involving 2,188 passengers. [ 44 ]
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 ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 1963-1965 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development S. K. K. Suriarachchi: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 1970-1977 Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Small Industries Wijeyananda Dahanayake: United National Party: 1986-1988 Minister of Co-operatives Lalith Athulathmudali: United National Party
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.