Susil makes statement at Presidential Commission

Moves to regulate poultry and egg industry

The Government is to regulate the poultry and egg industry to ensure uninterrupted supply of poultry and eggs to consumers at a reasonable price. A discussion regarding the import of maize to be used for the production of poultry feed was held at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera and the President?s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake. Officials at the Ministry of Agriculture were

27 Apr, 2023

Pentagon fake news about Chinese fast breeder reactors

The US Department of Defense and numerous private commentators allege that Russian-Chinese cooperation on fast breeder reactors will provide plutonium for large numbers of Chinese nuclear weapons. Assistant Secretary of Defense John Plumb told Congressional hearings on March 8: ?It?s very troubling to see Russia and China cooperating on this. They may have talking points around it, but there?s no getting around the fact that breeder reactors are plutonium, and plutonium is for weapons. So I thi

27 Apr, 2023

Heated exchange over “donkeys” and “bastards” in Parliament

A heated exchange took place today over “donkeys” and “bastards” in Parliament. Foreign Minister Ali Sabry and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam exchanged words over a statement made by the Minister yesterday. Rasamanickam accused the Foreign Minister of backing the word “kottiya” (tiger) being used on him yesterday. Responding to Rasamanickam, Foreign Minister Sabry apologised if he had used any unparliamentary language. “I love the Tamils but I don’t lik

27 Apr, 2023