President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the Treasury to provide a fertilizer subsidy of Rs. 25,000 per hectare to paddy farmers for the Maha season of 2024/25. According to this initiative, the fertilizer subsidy, which was previously set at Rs.
15,000 per hectare, will be increased to Rs. 25,000. This enhanced subsidy will take effect starting October 01.
Minister of Public Security Vijitha Herath said that the government has taken steps in the past 24 hours to address the visa issuance issues that have arisen. Accordingly, effective midnight 26, people will once again be able to obtain visas using the previous system President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed relevant officials to allocate the luxury vehicles used by previous governments exclusively for essential services, according to the President’s Private Secretary, Ananda Wijepala. Wijepala expressed regret over the misuse of public funds and emphasized that a full review will be conducted, with the public being informed of future actions.
The Attorney General has informed the Supreme Court that a series of guidelines have been prepared to eliminate incidents of ragging in state universities. A fundamental rights petition filed by a student affected by a ragging incident at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2020 was taken up before a three-member Supreme Court bench consisting of Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, and Justices Shiran Gunaratne and Priyantha Fernando. U.
S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-M.