Cabinet has granted approval to a proposal by Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry to apply for membership of BRICS organization and the new development bank to be established under it.
The approval came after considering the report of an officer’s committee which looked into the advantages and disadvantages of joining the BRICs group as well accessing to the new development bank scheduled to be established under the BRICS organization.
BRICS is an intergovernmental organization started by Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa in 2009.
Several other countries have since joined the group including Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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