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By Saman Indrajith – The Island All Ceylon Muslim Congress Leader and Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen yesterday said that his party would vote against the Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) bill.more

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Worldโ€™s leading trade integrator has tipped its hat to Sri Lanka on the countryโ€™s economic performance in its latest Trade Policy Review (TPR)on the countryโ€“the most comprehensive international assessment executed across WTO body of members.more

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DAILY MIRROR-22 AUGUST: This country has had no shortage of divisive public issues over the years. But, of all the bitterly fought media wars, the controversy over the Wilpattu National Park is easily one of the most savage and divisive. Not being limited to an environmental issue, it divided peoplemore

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The Sri Lankan industry sector has called for an enhanced role of the UN in its development while the UN praised Sri Lankaโ€™s commitment to sustainable and inclusive industrialization in line with Target 9.2 of the global Sustainable Development Framework.more

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Sri Lanka has appointed an eminent legal personality and a time-honoured expert in Intellectual Property (IP) to lead the countryโ€™s historic accession to the international trademark system called the Madrid Protocol. And the accession is slated to be completed by August next year.more

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BY T. FAROOK THAJUDEEN-Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)-17 Aug 2017 The Supreme Court dismissed a Fundamental Rights Petition filed against Ministers Rishad Bathiudeen and Gamini Jayawickrama Perera under Articles 17 and 126 of the Constitution for infringing the Fundamental Rights of the petitioners by resettling civilians in the Wilpattu Forest Reserve.more

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Sri Lankaโ€™s Minister of Industry and Commerce has directed a Provincial Council famed as the leading potato supplier to the country, to immediately resolve a humiliating situation faced by a set of humble potato farmers for 23 continued years after they earnestly appealed to him of their distress on 15more

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Sri Lanka assured its industrialists that the forthcoming China FTA is designed keeping the local industry concerns in mind. Sri Lanka will also hold comprehensive informational sessions on the forthcoming China FTA after Lankan industrialists called for better transparency in the process on 14 August in Colombo.more

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A whopping 40000 local arts and crafts are now networked with Sri Lankaโ€™s apex market facilitator that promotes the countryโ€™s historic arts and crafts legacy. This facilitator brand has also returned to profits in 2016 -after four years of continued losses.more

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The polythene ban that goes live in three weeks from now, on September 1, despite all its good intentions, likely to affect Sri Lankaโ€™s retail economy, exports and even garbage disposal. The ban will result in the overnight loss of 345000 jobs across the country too, according to Sri Lankaโ€™smore