Egg added to enrich school midday meal

The government has decided to supplement the midday meal of schoolchildren in the rural areas by the addition of an egg, with aim of improving their nutritional level, while also providing a good price for the eggs of the poultry farmer. The scheme came into effect from midnight yesterday (16), Co-operative and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando said.

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‘Home-grown solutions’ - key to peace - GL

External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris opened a four-day, official visit to Washington, DC on Tuesday with a series of meetings with key US Senate leaders and a talk on Sri Lanka’s post-conflict redevelopment and reconciliation programmes. He emphasised that lasting peace, stability and growth in Sri Lanka will be achieved through home-grown solutions, not those prescribed by the international community.

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