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April Letter to H E Mahinda Rajapakshe regarding Northern Muslims April 7th 2014 His Excellency Mahinda Rajapakse, The President, Office of the President, Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka, Temple Trees, Galle Road, Colombo โ€“ 03. Your Excellency, As your Excellency is aware, the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) has beenmore

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โ€˜Annual dip did not stop us!โ€™– Rishad 2014 Jan-April exports at $ 3.51 Bn Apparel exports up by 21% to $ 1592.8 Mn Fisheries, industries, & apparel sustain Q1 growth trend   Despite the regular annual seasonal pullback, Sri Lankaโ€™s January-April exports have successfully sustained its Q1 surge. โ€œThe usualmore

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Not All Indian Muslims are Skeptical of Modi and the BJP   (By Akhilesh Pillalamarri) According to BJP party spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, around 14-15 percent of Indiaโ€™s Muslims voted for the BJP. This is a vast improvement over the 2-3 percent garnered in previous elections.more

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Driver of the economy left in the cold-Ceylon Today Ceylon FT: The banking sector continues to neglect the one sector that contributes more than 75% to the economy and generates jobs for 23% of the workforce, the small and medium enterprises sector (SME), the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said.more

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‘Stronger, newer India to bring more trade, investments’ -Rishad โ€ข โ€˜We laud HE the President Rajapaksa for accepting PM Modiโ€™s inviteโ€™-Visiting Indian Delegation โ€ข โ€œ$ 2 Bn Indian FDI for us in next two years!โ€-Rishad โ€ข Wants entry in to Lankaโ€™s heavy infrastructure โ€ข 2013 import bill from India fallsmore

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Najma Heptulla takes oath as Cabinet minister from India Today Having worked with the Congress for a long period, she eventually switched loyalties to the BJP in 2004 after she had differences with party president Sonia Gandhi. Born in Bhopal in 1940, Najma Heptulla is the grand-niece of prominent freedommore

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20 Muslim MPs in next Lok Sabha The 16th Lok Sabha will have one of the lowest numbers of Muslim MPs with just about 20 of them emerging victorious in the Lok Sabha polls which saw a saffron surge in the whole north and western parts of India. Uttar Pradesh,more

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BJP & Modi won Muslim votes too: Clerics He may have been projected as someone distrusted by Muslims and granular data of which way the community has voted may not still be available, but if comments of some influential clerics are to be believed, the BJP and Narendra Modi havemore

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Modi will not discriminate against anyone, says head of Muslim institution from IANS New Delhi: The head of a prominent Muslim institution has welcomed Narendra Modi as the next prime minister of India and feels that the BJP leader will provide better administration and government and “take everybody with him”.more

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โ€˜Even our SMEs suffered in global recessionโ€™-Rishad โ€ข Calls Lankan Banks for greater involvement in SMEs โ€ข โ€œWe praise $ 125 Mn support from IFC for SMEsโ€ -Rishad โ€ข IDB commemorates 45 Yrs with SMIDEX SMEs claim 70% of Lankan enterprises and 23% of national employment. Despite SMEโ€™s strong rolemore