Sri Lanka and India will convene for the fourteenth round of discussions on the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) in the first week of March 2024, in New Delhi.
The 13th Round of discussions addressing the current state of the ECTA and the report made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe were reviewed by the Cabinet of Ministers during their meeting on Monday, February 19.
Consequently, talks had begun between the nine subcommittees that oversee the following areas: Rules of the origin, Goods trade, Introduction, General Provisions and General Exceptions, Trade Accords, Technical Constraints for Trade and Rules of Sanitation and Sanitation of Vegetation.
Also the subcommittee on conflict resolution and final provisions is expected to hold its meetings at the end of this month New Delhi.
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said.
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