Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development ceremonially opened the National Exhibition and Trade Fair “Shilpa 2014″ held at Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre on Thursday (28).
An awareness programme on the draft National Policy Framework for Social Integration organized by the National Languages and Social Integration Ministry and with the coordination of the Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat, was held on Thursday (28). The programme was held under the patronage of National Languages and Social Integration Ministry Secretary Ms.Malkanthi Wickremasinghe and the Nuwara Eliya District Secretary D.P.G.Kumarasirighe.
Under the government's Mahindodaya Technical Laboratories program to develop 1,000 secondary schools, technical laboratories that were established in 15 achools, at a total cost of 270 million rupees in the districts of moneragala and Badulla will be vested with the students on 31st August and 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th September.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has red flagged the growing market for e-cigarettes in India, underlining that the use of the devices is no less harmful than traditional cigarettes, said a news report in The Hindu.