A visiting European Union (EU) delegation met Sri Lanka’s apparel industry representatives on Monday. During the meeting EU officials had expressed their keenness to work with Sri Lanka, an official present at the meeting, told the Sunday Times. Sri Lanka is likely to make the application to regain GSP + concessions by early 2016, an industry source said following a seminar organised by the EU delegation on Monday. Currently Sri Lanka needs to ensure the country is adhering to the conventions it had signed following which an evaluation would be carried out, the delegation had noted at a seminar . GSP + concessions would be granted within a 10-month window from the time the application is submitted, the delegation had stated. - ENDS -
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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