
Former President Chandrika Kumaratunge chats with Western Province Governor Alavi Moulana and Urban Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardena during yesterday’s 50th death anniversary commemoration of her father, S. W. R. D Bandaranaike, at the Horagolla Samadhi. Ministers D. M. Jayaratne and Susil Premajayanth and SLFP (M) leader Mangala Samaraweera were amongst the invitees. (Pic by Nimal Dayaratne)

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"very challenging times" if GSP Plus is denied
- Mahesh Amalean
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challenging times" if the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Plus
concessions are...

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‘damage control’ bid over hefty cess on herbal actives
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the imposition of a hefty cess on imported products, the Ayurveda
Commissioner has, in a...


