The
Department of Census and Statistics said increases in food prices
had led to an increase in the point-to-point change in inflation
from 2.8 percent in November to 4.8 percent in December.
"Prices of food commodities recorded increases due to less supply of
agricultural consumer goods such as rice, vegetables, fish and sea
food, coconuts and Potatoes from November to December," the
Department of Census and Statistics said.
The department said the prices of food and non-food items in the
Colombo Consumers’ Price Index (CCPI) had increased by 1.2 percent
with food ...
UNP
and Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and SLMC leader Rauff
Hakeem listen attentively to JVP General Secretary Tilwin Silva
during a rally in support of Opposition common candidate General
Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday at Kantale.(Photo by Nishan S Priyantha)

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