The local businesscommunity still isn't at ease with massive Indian investments. Indian industry is a major investor in Sri Lanka. Eleven years after the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries came into force, ...
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Queen, Mahinda dominate media coverge CHOGM 2011
October 27, 2011, 10:00 pmby Shamindra Ferdinando in Perth President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the Commonwealth Business Forum yesterday. Sri Lanka hadn’t received so much media coverage, at any previous Commonwealth ...
Notable foreign policy triumph
Two heavyweights in global affairs, Australia and India, have clearly and emphatically confirmed that the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Sri Lanka in 2013, as already decided, and t ...
Develop sufficient spaces within economies to face complexities – President
We have to ensure that we develop sufficient spaces within our own economies so as to be able to comfortably face the inevitable complexities in the face of global challenges, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. “In our v ...
C’wealth leaders should project a united voice – Gillard
Dinesh WEERAWANSA in Perth, Australia Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, on the eve of the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, urged Commonwealth leaders to unite and work together to f ...
Asia key to economic stability: MR
‘The biggest concern among economic players today is that clear economic decision-making has been too little and too late’ – President Rajapaksa Such situations, if allowed to escalate unchecked, could give rise to more ...
President rules out spl. statement, offers bilateral talks on accountability issues
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard meet for bilateral talks at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth, yesterday (26). (Pic by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday offered to ...
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