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Budget kick for local investors by Ravi Ladduwahetty The Government will give a series of incentives to local investors in
the March 2002 Budget so that the economy will kick off, Minister of Rural
Economy and Deputy Finance Minister Bandula Gunawardena told a news
conference at the Finance Ministry Auditorium yesterday. by Rodney Martinesz The Constitutional Council to be set up under the 17th amendment to the
Constitution for the establishment of Independent Public Service,
Judiciary, Election and Police Commissions will be in place before
February 4, Independence Day, Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris announced
yesterday. Tamil Nadu turns down LTTE request by Upali Rupasinghe in New Delhi The chief minister of Tamil Nadu O. Pannerselvam has turned down a
reported request by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam to allow ideologue
Anton Balasingham and his wife Adele to live in Chennai to conduct
"direct negotiations" with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremesinghe. The Local Government Elections will be held in mid-March, Minister of
Enterprise Development,Industrial Policy, Investment Promotion and
Constitutional Affairs Prof. G. L. Pieris told the Cabinet briefing
yesterday. Other Stories |
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