Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa mentioned that when the Ministers had been appointed for the brand new Cupboard, the Opposition laughed at sure po
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa mentioned that when the Ministers had been appointed for the brand new Cupboard, the Opposition laughed at sure portfolios.
He was inaugurating the Hambantota District Agri-export Zone on the historic Kasagala Rajamaha Viharaya in Weeraketiya not too long ago.
The Prime Minister mentioned that Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara was ridiculed for his ministry and Prasanna Ranaweera was referred to as the Clay Minister. Due to this fact, some ministers had been even reluctant to simply accept their portfolios, the Prime Minister mentioned.
The Prime Minster mentioned that late Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike arrange the Export Agriculture Division in 1972. “It was she who laid the inspiration for exporting spices,” the Prime Minister mentioned.
The Prime Minister mentioned that many international international locations are keen to import cinnamon from Sri Lanka due to the top quality of our merchandise. “The Portuguese, Dutch and Englishmen got here right here not for tea, coconut and rubber however for spices,” the Prime Minister mentioned.
“All the things that we might produce in our nation had been imported until the current previous. Due to this, a colossal sum of international trade was misplaced to the nation,” the Premier mentioned.
The Prime Minister mentioned that the export revenue stood at Rs.73,000 million in 2019 and it remained at Rs. 63,000 million previously.
The Prime Minister distributed 100,000 TJC mango saplings among the many farmers on the event.
Kasagala Rajamaha Viharaya Viharadipathi Ven.Thalanporuwe Sri Sumana Thera, Kataragama Kirwehera Rajamaha Viharaya Viharadhipathi Ven. Kobawaka Dhamminda Thera, Chief Sanghanayaka in Italy Ven. Wagegoda Seelananda Thera, Ministers Chamal Rajapaksa Namal Rajapaksa, Mahinda Amaraweera and Ramesh Pthirana and State Ministers Janaka Wakkubura and D.V. Chanaka, Parliamentarian Upul Galappaththy and the Southerm Province Governor had been current.