People-centric policies to stay

IMF acknowledges Mahinda Chinthana viable

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday asserted that the Government’s people-centric policies, in line with the Mahinda Chinthana policy framework would never be sacrificed in order to gain financial or other advantages.

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Lanka, Bahrain ink several MoUs

Several Memoranda of Understanding were signed between Sri Lanka and Bahrain during the visit of Bahrain’s Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa to Sri Lanka from July 28 to 30.

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Elections will be free and fair - Minister

Transport Minister Dullas Allahapperuma said the Government has created the necessary environment to conduct a free and fair election to elect representatives to the Vavuniya Urban Council.

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Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Baharain Dr. Essam Abdullah Fakhro and President, Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) Kosala Wickramanayake sign the agreement. Minister of Commerce and Industry of Bahrain Dr. Hassan Abdullah Fakhro and Minister of Export Promotion and International Trade and Acting Minister Posts and Telecommunication Prof. G. L. Peiris look on.