Prime Minister Wikramasinghe To Visit Brussels This Saturday To Hold Talks On GSP+

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe is due to leave Belgian Capital Brussels this Saturday (15) to begin talks with the European Union leaders regarding the restoring of GSP+trade concession for the Sri Lankan Apparel Industry which was withdrawn from Sri Lanka during the previous regime.

Prime Minister Wikramasinghe has stated today(12)that the Sri Lanka has already filed an application to regain GSP +trade concession and he will hold talks on this with European Union leaders during his visit to Brussels.

Sri Lankan government has stated that it is confident that the GSP+trade concession will be granted to Sri Lanka by early next year.

The European Union had witdrawn the GSP +trade concession from Sri Lanka in 2010 after Sri Lanka failed to meet certain conditions regarding human right issues during the previous government .

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Court Of Appeal To Re Issue Notices To Finance Minister And Eleven Others On A Beer Company Issue

The Court Of Appeal has today (12) decided to re issue notices to Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and eleven government Officials to appear before the court regarding a case filed against them on providing a tax concession to a Beer Manufacturing Company as the notices issued previously not properly delivered.

The Appeal Court has previously issued notices on 27th of September to Finance Minister Karunanayake and eleven officials to appear before the  court today (12) regarding the case.

The Sinhala National Front and six allied groups had filed the court case seeking a court order to annul the tax concession granted to the Beer Company.

The government will loose  an income of Rs.six bilion due to the tax concession granted to the Beer Company which affected as a result of recent floods the petitioners claimed.

Heavy Traffic Has Been Reported From Lotus Roundabout To Colombo Fort Due To A Protest

Heavy Traffic has been reported   from the Lotus Roundabout to Colombo Fort area this noon as the road has been blocked due to a protest march launched by a group of Tea  estste workers demanding a hike in their wages.

The protestors had marched towards the Presidential Secretariet in Colombo Fort to hand over a letter demanding to increase their daily wage to Rs.1000.

Recently Tea Estate owners had agreed to inctrease the daily wage of a Tea Estate Worker from Rs,620 to Rs.730 the government has announced.

President Sirisena Instructed The Authorities To Investigate On An Attack On A Night Club In Colombo Which His Only Son Said To Be Involved In

President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the Police to investigate on an  attack on  the Clique Night Club in Colombo 02 last Saturday morning as a section of media has  accused that his only son Daham Sirisena is involved in .

It has been reported that the attack on the Night Club had taken place after a son of a VVIP has left the Club premises following an arguement had with the Security Officer there who refused to allow him  enter the club.

After the departure of VVIP's son his security guards arrived in and broken several windows of the Night Club and assaulted the Security Officer there with poles and cricket wickets it has been reported.

The injured Sercurity Officer has been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital with serious injuries.

Certain Section of local media and social media had accused the VVIP's son is none other than president Sirisena's son Daham Sirisena.

At the time of the incident President Sirisena was in Thailand on an official tour and soon after his arrival in the island he has ordered the authorities to investigate on the incident Government sources said today.

Presidential Investigations Unit has launched a seperate investigation on the incident the sources had stated.

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