Huge growth in tea industry

SRI LANKA’S tea industry has shown a significant improvement compared to last year according to recent statistics on tea production, export and marketing, Sri Lanka Tea Board Chairman Lalith Hettiarachchi said.

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Bid to topple Government a total flop - President

PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapaksa reiterates that the UNP’s bid to topple the Government at the forthcoming Budget would certainly be a total flop and a disaster to the UNP. Addressing mammoth crowds who had gathered at the Kegalle Esplanade despite the inclement weather at the fourth ‘Mahajana Rally’ of the Government yesterday,

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Croatia to work with Lanka to eradicate terrorism

PRIME MINISTER Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka and his Croatian counterpart Ivo Sanader agreed that terrorism is a common threat to global security. They agreed to work together in the efforts to eradicate this menace.

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Lanka-Austria to avoid double taxation

NEGOTIATIONS for entering into a bilateral treaty between Sri Lanka and Austria for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion concluded last week. Director General International Tax and Customs Department Federal Ministry of Finance Austria Dr Wolfgang Nolz said this initiative would boost bilateral trade between Austria and Sri Lanka.

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