Employers and trade unions are meeting on Tuesday, May 13 to discuss the GSP+ scheme which most stakeholders believe may not be extended by the European Union owing to reasons including non enforcement of some international conventions.

Sri Lanka’s public sector officers travelling overseas on official tours have been ordered to travel on SriLankan Airlines or Mihin Lanka with immediate effect, irrespective of the source of financing such travel.

Edgar Gunatunge has been re-elected as a director of Sampath Bank and will continue as the chairman following the Bank’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, despite some moves by shareholders to oust him.