The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) has lodged a complaint with Colombo Police HQ on the alleged plot against its leader Rishad Bathiudeen MP (Minister of Industry and Commerce) on 23 October. ACMC Parliamentarian Ameer Ali MP (and Deputy Minister) and Party Secretary S Subairdeen lodged the complaint on themore
The initial draft of the pioneering international declaration on Entrepreneur Education (EE) announced on 12 October in Colombo, is to be finalised sooner than previously expected.more
Sri Lankaโs first ever nation-wide study on the countryโs SMEs recommend an apex SME Advisory Commission integrating the three top national SME institutions under one roof. It also recommends Sri Lankaโs first ever SME Industrial Zone, a national SME portal โe-platformโ, and an SME-only licensing agency on the lines ofmore
The famed Northern lands where Sri Lankaโs chemical giant Paranthan Chemicals Company (PCC) stood are now earmarked for a large industry block which will also pack Sri Lankaโs first Heavy Chemical Industry Zone. โNorthern factories of PCC that were discontinued in 1985 are to be revived. The site will alsomore
Sri Lanka will not allow any sudden hike in domestic LPG gas prices right away-even if the global crude rates continue to gallop.more
A pioneering Entrepreneurship Education (EE) series by UNESCO that successfully concluded in Colombo on 12 October has elevated Sri Lanka as the new Chair of prestigious UNESCO-APEID EE series, making it the first South Asian country to clinch this Chair. More importantly, a landmark international declaration โseen also as amore
Sri Lankaโs Department of Commerce (DoC) has reported the countryโs largest ever global trade linkage for Sri Lankan exports sector so far on 16 October in Colombo. The DoC also stressed that for the first time in a decade, Sri Lankan exports to this huge market has doubled.more
The second session of Kuwait-Sri Lanka Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) held in Kuwait concluded on a โhighly positive noteโ said the Department of Commerce of Sri Lanka (DoC) on 12 October. A bigger role for private sectors of both sides-with a pioneering Chamber to Chamber MoU -is now envisioned, accordingmore
To boost trade within the region, SAARC is working to go hi tech. โSouth Asia is emerging as the one of fast-growing regions in the world and is expected to play a dynamic role in shaping the โAsian Centuryโ. However the share of trade taking place between South Asian countriesmore
Despite playing a huge role in the countryโs economy, Sri Lankan entrepreneurs and SMEs are struggling to advance their business capacities due to lack of skills and relevant business education. An international, multi-stakeholder meeting on entrepreneur education to be held next week in Sri Lanka is expected to address thismore
Leader of All Ceylon Makkal Congress