President orders State officials:

Bring idle factories under BOI

*Gather info on non-functional factories

*Failed development initiatives burden on public

President Mahinda Rajapaksa told state officials to bring all abandoned factories within investment zones under the control of the Board of Investment (BOI). During the Western Province development review meeting in Panadura on Saturday,

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To protect schoolchildren:

Stern action against drug peddlers

President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday alerted relevant authorities to the dangers posed by drug peddlers, near school premises. He told authorities to take stern action to prevent such happenings.

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