WB lauds Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s rural poverty alleviation program Gemi Diriya has proven remarkably successful in empowering the poor and raising incomes in some poorer provinces, said World Bank Sri Lanka Director Naoko Ishii in a statement issued in Colombo yesterday.

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President warns of treacherous betrayal

Certain elements who were born and bred in Sri Lanka are engaged in a dirty game of betraying the country to gain narrow financial and political gains, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Galle yesterday.

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Over 9,000 IDPs settled in their homelands

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has launched the world’s fastest resettlement program for IDPs, Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa said at the relocation of displaced families held at the Vavuniya Cultural Centre yesterday.

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Press is free, criticism is free - President

The press is free, criticism is free. The Opposition can even go to Brussels to do lobbying against the renewal by the European Union of the GSP + system, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Le Figaro, a leading French newspaper.

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Parliament must take a stand on snobbish missions - Speaker

Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara yesterday stressed the importance of Parliament to take a stand against diplomatic missions based here if they attempt to harass MPs and citizens regarding their visa applications.

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To secure GSP+ facility:

Govt, other bodies hail efforts of business community

The Government and other leading bodies have commended the efforts taken by the business community to secure the GSP+ facility. A high-powered business delegation will visit the European Union shortly to lobby for the GSP+ facility.

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