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Gross negligence and mismanagement have turned the Peliyagoda Fish market into a place which reeks of rotting flesh and waste. Consumers, resident vendors, merchants outside the 13.5-acre facility, and people of nearby residential...
While countries clamour to adopt AI (Artificial intelligence), a development that promises a utopian era of abundance and prosperity, experts warn of a turbulent time in human history, waiting to happen. They said adopting AI can...
Recycling plant operator E.R.P.W. Kumara explained that they boil, compress, and grind fish remains and create fish feed powder, chicken feed and pig feed. He added that during the process the fish oil is separately extracted and the...
Fisheries Ministry Secretary Dr B.K. Kolitha Kamal Jinadasa told the Sunday Times that a feasibility study had to be done on the fish market. The market is built on marshy land and is due to undergo a large-scale development, as there had...
Herbert Fernando, a retired Grama Niladhari residing near the fish market, said that about 2,500 families live nearby and depend on jobs from it. Even though the people initially benefited from the market, lately it has become a health concern...
The government has ruled out a presidential pardon for the jailed Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary, Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera, with senior officials saying the President would not take any step to circumvent the law or be...
A scuffle broke out yesterday after dusk when police tried to remove a sound system used by monks staging a sit-in at Viharamahadevi Park to press their demand for a presidential pardon for Ven. Gnanasara Thera, who is serving a jail term...