K.D. Lal Kantha

K.D. Lal Kantha

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K.D. Lal Kantha is a prominent Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the Minister of Agriculture, Water Supply, and Livestock. He has been an influential figure in Sri Lankan politics, known for his critiques of the government's operational practices. Recently, he emphasized the disconnect between a newly formed government and the longstanding bureaucratic structures that remain unchanged, asserting that outdated practices continue to hinder progress within governmental institutions.

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K. D. Lal Kantha is the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation.

අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර තොග සංචිතයකට පියවර
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-03-07
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K.D. Lal Kantha briefly discussed the challenges faced by the government regarding state power.

අවි නැතිව පහරදෙන විපක්ෂය - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-25
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K.D. Lal Kantha is the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation in Sri Lanka.

චීන වාණිජ මණ්ඩල නියෝජිතයෝ කෘෂි ඇමති හමුවෙති
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-20
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K.D. Lal Kantha is leading the national program for the registration of farmers.

ගොවීන් ලියාපදිංචි කරයි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-17
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K.D. Lal Kantha emphasized the need to specify locations when issuing red alerts for drowning risks in the Mahanuwara district.

‘මහනුවර නාය යන තැන් හරියටම කියන්න‘
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-12-10
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Indika Uda Watta
Indika Uda Watta

K.D. Lal Kantha is the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Animal Husbandry who discussed the issuance of red alerts in the Mahanuwara district.

‘මහනුවර නාය යන තැන් හරියටම කියන්න‘
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-12-09
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Indika Udawatta
Indika Udawatta

K. D. Lal Kantha mentioned the establishment of a guaranteed price for green gram based on production costs.

බඩ ඉරිඟුවලට සහතික මිලක් - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-26
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K.D. Lal Kantha stated that the government has decided to set a stable price for large onions in a manner that does not unfairly affect farmers.

ලොකු ලූනු වලට ස්ථාවර මිලක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-17
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Vasantha Samarasinghe
Vasantha Samarasinghe

K.D. Lal Kantha stated in Parliament that the price for onions will be fixed at 150 rupees per kilogram.

බී ලූනු ගොවීන්ට හොඳ ආරංචියක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-12
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K.D. Lal Kantha stated in Parliament that a fixed price of 150 rupees will be provided for onions from the next harvest.

බී ලූනු ගොවීන්ට හොඳ ආරංචියක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-11
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K.D. Lal Kantha highlighted the major issue of reliance on imports for essential food items.

කෘෂි පර්යේෂකයන්ට විශිෂ්ටතා සම්මාන - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-23
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K.D. Lal Kantha stated that he has never needed an educational certificate to work.

‘‘වැඩ කරන මිනිහට සහතික අවශ්‍ය නෑ‘‘
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-17
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Sujith Hewajulige
Sujith Hewajulige

K.D. Lal Kantha stated that if there is a need for a substitute for Kiri Samba, it will be imported.

කීරී සම්බා රටින් ගේන්න යයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-17
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Sujith Hewajulige
Sujith Hewajulige

K.D. Lal Kantha stated that if there is a need for a substitute for Kiri Samba, it will be imported.

කීරී සම්බා රටින් ගේන්න යයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-17
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Sujith Hewajulige
Sujith Hewajulige

K.D. Lal Kantha stated that Sri Lankan writers do not mention the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in their creations due to deceit.

’’ලංකාවේ ලේඛකයන් කුහකයි’’ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-08
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K.D. Lal Kantha stated that Sri Lankan writers do not mention the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in their creations due to deceit.

’’ලංකාවේ ලේඛකයන් කුහකයි’’ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-08
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K. D. Lal Kantha participated in the agreement signing for the loan program.

කෘෂි අමාත්‍යංශය බැංකු 03ක් එක්ක ගිවිසුමකට එයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-01
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K.D. Lal Kantha is overseeing the compensation payment to farmers affected by crop damage in Polonnaruwa district.

පොළොන්නරුවේ වගාහානි වන්දි හෙට ගෙවයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-08-27
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K.D. Lal Kantha is overseeing the compensation payment to farmers affected by crop damage in Polonnaruwa district.

පොළොන්නරුවේ වගාහානි වන්දි හෙට ගෙවයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-08-27
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K.D. Lal Kantha is the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation.

රජය සතු ඉඩම්වල දත්ත පද්ධතියක් හදයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-08-11
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K.D. Lal Kantha is the Minister of Agriculture who met with Faheem Aziz.

පකිස්ථාන මහකොමසාරිස් කෘෂි ඇමති හමුවෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-08-07
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K.D. Lal Kantha is the Sri Lankan Minister of Agriculture who met with the Indonesian ambassador.

ඉන්දුනීසියා තානාපති කෘෂි ඇමති හමුවෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-08-04
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Dewi Gustina Tobing

K. D. Lal Kantha mentioned that the government has initiated a new plan to demarcate the boundaries of 23 reservoirs.

නුවර වැවේ අනවසර ඉදිකිරීම් ඉවත් කරන්න දැන්ම බෑ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-31
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K. D. Lal Kantha stated that the president requires substantial security.

ජනාධිපති හෙලිකොප්ටරයෙන් යන්න ඕනේ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-28
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K.D. Lal Kantha stated that the President requires substantial security and should arrive by helicopter if necessary.

ජනාධිපති හෙලිකොප්ටරයෙන් යන්න ඕනේ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-27
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K.D. Lal Kantha stated that the individuals occupying a part of the Anuradhapura reservoir should vacate voluntarily.

ඩඩ්ලිගේ වැට ගලවන්න වේවි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-26
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Dudley Sirisena
Dudley Sirisena