Ports provide 235,000 new jobs

*Mihin Air breaks even:

*Air traffic to increase by 55 percent:

More than 25,000 direct employment opportunities and 200,000 indirect employment will be generated within the next five years in the ports and shipping sector, Ports Authority Chairman Dr Priyath Wickrama said.

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Working class can’t be taken for a ride - President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the working class proved themselves at the last Presidential Election that they cannot be taken for a ride by giving false promises. The working class was with the Government when some elements were trying to deceive them by promising a salary hike of Rs 10,000, he added.

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Bumper harvest eases short supply:

Rice prices come down

The prices of rice have been slashed with the arrival of adequate rice stocks at the Maradagahamula rice wholesale centre as a result of the bountiful paddy harvest in the current Maha season.

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