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SEC reverses own decision in Dharmadasa case

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week, on the advice of the Attorney General, reversed its own decision made earlier in a 3-year old insider trading case against Harshith Dharmadasa, court and sources close to the SEC said.

New jobs, international brand soon from Cargills

The Cargills group said this week that it plans to create 1,000 jobs in the next 18 to 24 months in Sri Lanka’s post-war economy and is working towards establishing an international brand in the near future.

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A powerful public servant
Reappointed Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B.Jayasundera with State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and former Treasury (and now Cabinet) Secretary Sumith Abeysinghe at a pirith-chanting ceremony before he resumed office on Tuesday.
Pic by J. Weerasekera