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PoliticalTags: Print EditionAn Indian Housing Project consisting of 10,000 houses in plantation areas is to begin soon. Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development and the General Secretary of Ceylon Workers’ Congress…
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BusinessThe Minister and the BOI team at a factory at Pallekele Export Processing zoneTags: Print EditionSri Lanka was to save over Rs. 1.5 billion so far through the manufacture of saline locally, said Director General of Board of…
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BusinessPeople buy rice at a market in Karachi. AFP/Getty Images Tags: Print EditionThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded its first round of “tough talks” with Pakistan and said that the Fund will share nine tables --…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionDeputy Secretary General and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Alikie Perera has been appointed to the prestigious General Council of the World Chambers Federation (WCF) of the…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionTwo well-known debt experts, Lee Buchheit and Adam Lerrick have sent a proposal aimed at doing what Brady bonds did in bringing the Latin American debt crisis to a halt, but in an updated manner. They suggest the…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionIndex reverted to red after continuous gains (gains of nearly 8% YTD) as rumours on domestic debt restructuring made rounds which dragged down banking sector counters. Index hit a steep dip as soon as the market…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionThe People’s Movement for Fair Taxation has called on the government to protect the EPF and to reduce the tax burden that working professionals face. They have argued that loan allowances should be made so that…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Printcare Digital Solutions Pvt Ltd, one of Sri Lanka’s leading printing and packaging solutions providers.…
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BusinessT. K. G. Kapila Katunayake Corr.The TATA Salesmen given a welcome at the airportTags: Print EditionOpening up a mega MICE event for Sri Lanka, 550 best salesmen have been selected from among vendors of India’s Tata Iron and Steel…
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LocalTags: Print EditionRainfall is expected to occur in Eastern, Uva and North-Central provinces and in Hambantota, Matale and Mullaitivu districts. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm are likely to occur in the Eastern province and in Matale…
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