Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who is currently on an official visit to the USA being met by Christina Rocca - Asst. Secretary for South Asian Affairs - US State Department at the Watergate Hotel.

PM holds top-level meetings in Washington: New relationship with United States

From Asiz Haniffa in Washington, exclusive to the Daily News

Sri Lanka's aim at the talks in Washington is to build a new relationship with the United States based on economic links that will serve as a model for the rest of South Asia, members of the delegation told the Daily News.
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Regulatory body to protect consumers

by Rodney Martinesz

A regulatory body with legal powers to intervene where traders fail to pass on the benefits of the new Value Added Tax to the consumer will come into being once VAT becomes operative from August 01, Finance Minister K.N. Choksy told the Daily News.
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