By Uditha Devapriya Photographs by Manusha Lakshan and Uditha Devapriya Covering 65 kilometres, the road from Colombo to Ambepussa is fairly straight. From there it turns left and right, up and down. To get to Kurunegala via Ambepussa, you have to pass Alawwa and Polgahawela. Between these regions, the terrain rises, offering you a […]
By Randima Attygalle
Reputed for its core coconut plantation business yielding around 15 million nuts per year, Kurunegala Plantations Limited (KPL), a fully owned government company, is also well known for its intercrops.
Currently operating under the Coconut, Kithul and Palmyrah Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing & Export Diversification Ministry, KPL recently gathered a bumper harvest of turmeric, earning a profit of LKR 11 million.
Turmeric is KPL’s latest commercial inter-crop joining pepper, cinnamon, cocoa, mango, dragon fruit, guava, mangosteen, cashew and rambutan. The success of turmeric is encouraging, especially in the aftermath of government’s import ban, says KPL CEO S.M.M. Samarakoon.
COVID death toll climbs to 892 in Sri Lanka with 24 confirmed fatalities on Thursday (13)
COVID death toll climbs to 892 in Sri Lanka with 24 confirmed fatalities on Thursday (13)
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COLOMBO (News 1st); The Director General of Health Services today confirmed 24 deaths that occurred from 08th to 13th May, due to Covid-19 virus infection. Accordingly, the total number of deaths due to Covid-19 infection in Sri Lanka is 892.
1. The deceased is a 47 year old male resident in Dambulla. He died on 10.05.2021 while undergoing treatments in Teaching Hospital Kurunegala. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia and a heart disease.
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