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Tuesday, October  20,  2009
      Editorial:The Rajaratnam affair: A can of worms?

The European Union has not yet decided whether to renew the GSP Plus for Sri Lanka or not and a final decision is likely to be taken by early January, 2010.

EU Head of Delegation to Sri Lanka, Bernard Savage was quoted by Lanka Business Online (LBO) as having said the EU Investigation Report had been submitted to the government and the EU Brussels Office on Monday and a final decision on the GSP Plus would be made two months from November 6, according to EU procedure.

Savage has told the LBO the EU investigation report will be reviewed by the EU until November 6, 2009, and recommendations made after the review is over.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in conversation with Indigenous Medicine Minister Tissa Karalyiadda and Engineering and Construction Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne soon after unveiling the model of the proposed Rajarata Hela Jaya Maha Seya, the first of the nine stupas to be built in the nine provinces to mark the victory over the 30-year-old terrorism. The Rajarata Hela Jaya Maha Seya is proposed to be constructed at a location near the historic Gelgaala (where carts used to be parked several decades ago) at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura.
(Photo- Percy Kuruneru, Anuradhapura Cor)


Nimal Siripala de Silva should resign forthwith – Renuka Herath
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SLFP CC meeting on polls put off
A crucial meeting of the SLFP Central Committee, to obtain views of the party membership on the holding of the Presidential, Parliamentary elections or a Referendum, scheduled for last night at Temple Trees, was postponed...

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