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COLOMBO (News1st): The stores at which 27 essential commodities would be sold under concessionary rates must be named by the trade minister, a trade unionist has said.
The government announced that the prices of these goods would be sold under concessionary rates at Sathosa and Cooperative food outlets.
Accordingly, a kilo of Red Raw Rice will be sold at Rs 93, while a kilo of Nadu rice will be sold at Rs 96, and a kilo of Keeri Samba at Rs 125.
Wheat flour will be sold at Sathosa and Cooperative food outlets at Rs 84 a kilo. In addition, white sugar will be sold at Rs 99 rupees a kilo, and brown sugar at Rs 125.
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Sri Lankan manufacturers are adapting to current global trends as the country is witnessing a boom in local productions which are ready to fulfill the needs of both the domestic and export markets.
In light of this, the latest addition to the highly competitive shoe market, a 100% Sri Lankan brand – YOO – was launched at a grand ceremony held at the factory premises in Makumbura, on Wednesday.
A press release said – ‘Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa joined the ceremonial inauguration via video conferencing technology while Industry and Commerce Minister Wimal Weerawansa, Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena and State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion Susil Premajayantha attended the occasion as special guests.
by Suresh Perera
The purported “sacking” of the Lanka Sathosa Chairman over what was described as a “scandal” in the procurement of rice captured intense media attention, but Nushad Perera, who headed the country’s biggest retail chain, dismissed the claims as “bunkum”.
“I was neither sacked as Chairman nor was there a ‘rice deal’, as claimed”, he said last week.
He said that he resigned on December 31, 2020, to take up his new appointment as Chairman of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) as the President wanted him to build up the national standards body to broad-base benchmarking the country’s export sector.
Lanka Sathosa to Open its Largest Premium Outlet in Ja Ela
December, 30, 2020
Lanka Sathosa Limited Chairman Dr. Nushad M. Perera noted that the country’s largest retail network business was gearing up to unveil a 8,000 sq. ft. premium Sathosa supermarket in Ja Ela in January 2021. The store is housed in the former Rathnavali Cinema premises on Negombo Road and, once launched, would be the largest Sathosa outlet in the country.
Nushad added that the outlet is set to serve as a one stop shop for consumers in the area, offering them the complete shopping experience with an even wider selection of products as well as a pharmacy, bakery, juice bar and a premium liquor section.