Japanese Buddhist monk Dr.Ekan Ikeguchi smiles after being welcomed by a local Buddhist organisation led by Venerable Pelpola Vipassi Thera in Colombo, yesterday. Organisers hope this visit will encourage peace in the island.

by Ranga Jayasuriya

Norwegian special envoy Eric Solheim met the LTTE members working on counter proposals in Paris as they were planning to wrap up deliberations and LTTE sources hinted at the possibility of the talks being extended for a few days.
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Customs probe multi million dollar fraud

An investigation into a fraudulent exercise involving a Lankan businessman registered with BOI reveals that he sought to take advantage of the tariff concessions for copper products permitted in the Free Trade Agreement between Sri Lanka and India.
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Lanka to moot FTA with Malaysia

Enterprise Development, Industrial Policy, Investment Promotion and Constitutional Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris and his ministerial delegation will meet Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hameed Albar this evening on developing trade and investments between Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
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