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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe making a special statement in
Parliament yesterday said that the agreement signed on February 22, was a
ceasefire Agreement and was not aimed at arriving at a final political
solution to the national problem. Indian tariff reduction, a boost to our exports by Ravi Ladduwahetty The Indian Government has reduced tariff barriers on Sri Lankan imports
from 50 percent to 90 percent on products in the residual list in its
2002/2003 budget effective March 1, which will propel exports of 4561 Sri
Lankan products to that country. Lankan President should make Agreement a success - Australian PM by our Special Correspondent in Coolum, Brisbane Australian Prime Minister and Commonwealth Chairman John Howard
yesterday said that Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike
Kumaratunga should be responsible for making the cease-fire agreement,
which was signed between the government and the LTTE two weeks ago, a
success. Polls for 20 local bodies postponed by Manjula Fernando Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake has decided to postpone
polls in twenty Local government bodies of which certain nomination lists
had been rejected by returning officers. Other Stories
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