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Move to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing :

FIU issues strict guidelines

Threshold raised to Rs One million:

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), an arm of the Central Bank has issued strict guidelines for the securities sector to report on financial transactions above the threshold level in the Colombo Stock Exchange.

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To prevent future exodus:

PAC woos youth to plantation sector

The Planters Association of Ceylon (PAC) has taken steps to attract the younger generation in the plantation sector. This will help retain the existing planters and prevent a future exodus of the sector, said its President Dhamitha Perera.

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‘Current crisis, an opportunity not a problem’:

Sri Lanka greatly values economic ties with EU - Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

Sri Lanka greatly values its economic relations with the European Union (EU), one of the leading trading partners since the country’s independence, which has achieved cohesion in many vital areas governing the economy, said Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion for the European Union Business Summit Anura Priyadarshana Yapa.

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Some people believe that owning a Valampuri will bring prosperity. Ranaweera Gamage Jayathilaka, who has been in the business of selling sea shells during the past 12 years in Colombo said it is a lucrative sideline business. “The Valampuri is within the price range of Rs. 50,000 and above,” he said. According to Ranaweera, he gets the Valampuri from Tangalle, Hambantota, Kudawella, Mawanella, Kirinde and Thalpitiya. Here Ranaweera shows some of the Valampuri to a customer at his stall in Pettah. Picture by Saliya Rupasinghe



 
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