Day: November 4, 2021

Govt., WB sign $ 500 m financing deal (Daily FT 4th Nov) Govt., WB sign $ 500 m financing for climate-resilient transport connectivity, agricultural supply chains (World Bank Vice President for South Asia Hartwig Schafer (right) and Treasury Secretary S.R. Attygalle sign the agreement as Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa looks on) The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank (WB) have signed a $ 500 million financing agreement to provide safe, efficient and climate resilient connectivity to strengthen agricultural supply chains through the Inclusive Connectivity and Development Project.  This…

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Farmers’ agitation weighs heavily with Govt (Kelum Bandara Daily Mirror 4th November) Total reversion to chemical farming is now unlikely Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has sensed the gravity of the problem in the agriculture sector The prime minister said the farmers’ protest, like that of the school teachers, would not have snowballed to such an extent had the party engaged them politically Public uprisings, coupled with internal squabbling, have sent the government reeling Still, there is a vague idea within the government about the extent of cultivation undertaken this time…

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