State Sinhala daily gets state ads worth Rs.13,320,000 ( 72 full pages) in one day

Election propaganda has begun!

Buying today’s (19th) ‘Dinmina’ would be beneficial for all those who take their lunch parcels for work or places of study.
The 140 page newspaper with advertisements from 72 state institutions that are maintained from your tax money has been priced Rs.20 though it should have been made available free to tax payers.

Most of the advertisements in today’s ‘Dinamina’ (news paper with low circulation) are full page advertisements that cost Rs.185, 000.There would be more such advertisements in the days to come.
Some of the ‘public’ institutions that have contributed advertisements are:

1. Western Provincial Council
2. Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religions
3. Ministry of Economic Development
4. Employees Trust Fund
5. Sabaramuwa Provincial Council
6. Provincial Governors and Secretaries
7. Ministry of Social Welfare
8. Kurunegala Pradeshiya Sabha
9. North – Eastern Ministry of Agriculture
10. Colombo University
11. Fisheries Corporation
12. Ceylon Petroleum Corporation
13. Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation
14. Bilathsinhala Pradeshiya Sabha
15. Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka
16. Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.
17. Horana Urban Council
18. Ministry of Defense and Urban Development
19. National Savings Bank
20. Ministry of National Heritage
21. Ministry of Culture and Arts
22. Kandy Municipal Council
23. Ja-ela Urban Council
24. Ministry of Sugar Industry Development
25. Southern Provincial Council
26. Draniyagala Pradeshiya Sabha
27. Department of Motor traffic
28. Institute of Industrial Technology
29. Western Provincial Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs
30. Warakapola Pradeshiya Sabha
31. Federation of Consumer Associations of Sri Lanka
32. Gampaha Pradeshiya Sabha
33. Negombo Municpal Council
34. Ministry of Land and Land Development
35. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development
36. Mahanuwara Kadawath Pradeshiya Sabha
37. Nawalapitiya Urban Council
38. Ambalangoda Urban Council
39. Udunuwara Pradeshiya Sabha
40. Ministry of Health
41. Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
42. Embilipitiya Urban Council
43. Meda Dhumbara Pradeshiya Sabha
44. Ganga Ihala Korale Pradeshiya Sabha
45. Katuwana Pradeshiya Sabha
46. National Youth Brigade
47. Kekirawa Pradeshiya Sabha
48. The Institute of Agro-technology and Rural Sciences of the University of Colombo
49. Uva Provincial Council
50. National Insurance Trust Fund
51. Ministry of Education Services
52. Wattala Urban Council
53. Eastern Provincial Council
54. Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms
55. Ministry of Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development
56. Pharmaceutical Corporation of Sri Lanka
57. Ministry of Disaster Management
58. Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha
59. Aranayaka Pradeshiya Sabha
60. Lake House
61. Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha
62. Ministry of Ports and Highways
63. Ministry of Higher Education
64. Kuruwita Pradeshiya Sabha
65. National Film Corportion
66. North – estern Provincial council
67. Mirigama Pradeshiya Sabha
68. Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha
69. Upcountry Development Authority
70. Department of Irrigation
71. Ministry of Law and Order
72. Ministry of Labour and Labour Relation  LT