Thursday 3 January 2008

Unions reject JHU request to give up agitations

Unions reject JHU request to give up agitations
The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday requested all trade unions and undergrad organizations to shelve their agitations, strikes and campaigns for rights for one year in
support of ongoing war effort. But this was rejected by the unions. Unions reject JHU request to give up agitations
The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday requested all trade unions and undergrad organizations to shelve their agitations, strikes and campaigns for rights for one year in
support of ongoing war effort. But this was rejected by the unions. Targeted export income is US$ 8.6 bn for 2008
In the year 2008, the Ministry of Export Development and International Trade will concentrate its efforts on an export development and promotion programme of
achieving an export income of US$ 13 billion by 2011 for Sri Lanka. The targeted income for the year 2008 has been placed at US$ 8.6 billion. SL Rupee -US Dollar exchange rate defies adverse expectationsThe Sri Lanka Rupee to the United States Dollar (USD) exchange rate closed at 108.72 as at the end of 2007, when compared with the exchange rate of 107.71
per USD which prevailed as at the end of 2006, thus reflecting a depreciation of less than 1%, during the year.