GMOA to launch strike over several demands on August 3rd

Indo-Sri Lanka fishermen talks end in stalemate

A fresh round of talks between Indian and Sri Lankan fisher leaders over a long pending issue ended in a stalemate in New Delhi today, The Hindu newspaper reported. The Sri Lankan fisher leaders rejected a demand from their Indian counterparts for a three year phasing out period from Sri Lankan waters. ?There were no agreements during the talks. We have clearly articulated our position at the dialogue that we will not tolerate any illegal poaching in our waters?Not even for three minutes forge

02 Nov, 2016

India and Sri Lanka hold annual defence dialogue

The fourth Annual Defence Dialogue (ADD) between India and Sri Lanka was held in Colombo, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. Indian Defence Secretary Mohan Kumar and Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi co-chaired the meeting along with their delegations, comprising officers from the Defence Ministries, Foreign Affairs Ministries and the Armed Forces of both the countries. During the ADD, various ongoing defence cooperation initiatives were jointly reviewed and new av

04 Nov, 2016

Prices of powdered milk will not be increased

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake says that the prices of powdered milk will not be increased for whatsoever reason following the recent imposition of VAT on imported powdered milk. VAT was imposed on imported powdered milk with effect from November 1st under the new VAT Amendment Act. However the powdered milk importers cannot increase prices without obtaining approval from the government as maximum prices have been declared already for different varieties of powdered milk. It has been info

04 Nov, 2016