GSP plus: Apparel exporters seek amicable solution

Apparel industry stakeholders have presented a set of proposals calling for a settlement of the GSP Plus issue and the extension of the trade benefit to Sri Lanka. Deputy Chairman, Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association, Rohan Abayakoon said the document contains proposals seeking an amicable solution to the GSP Plus which is now temporarily suspended.

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DCS denies allegations against CCPI :

No cooked statistics

The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) denied a recent article published in an English Weekly that said food commodities in the basket of commodities which measured the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI),

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At Sri Lanka Telecom Summit 2010:

Innovative ideas needed to invest in Telecom Industry

A nation needs a strong broadband backbone to deliver the technology to all segments of the society said chief regulatory advisor and director government affairs of BT (India) (Pvt) ltd Shri Satya Gupta. He was addressing Sri Lanka Telecom Summit 2010 in Colombo last week.

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