A historic Sri Lankan industry spanning 100 year period and producing an essential item in the day-to-day lives of households, is bracing for the sudden dousing of their fires due to supply side pressure. A high level policy directive is now awaited after the intervention of the Industry Minister.more
With 2018, Sri Lankan apparel sector has entered a breakthrough year in its history of exports. Meanwhile, industry leaders joined by a Cabinet Minister, say that increasing apparel exports and receiving trade benefits such as GSP Plus facility, should not blind the sector but the industry should move on andmore
Sri Lankaโs newest Free Trade partner in the world, itself a major economic hub, hinted its keen ambitions to leverage the Sri Lankan economic partnership as a springboard towards the rising South Asian market.more
More than 500 high profile global pulses heavyweights who arrived in Sri Lanka began finalising the Colombo Accord-the biggest milestone in global pulses industry. The Accord, once concluded on Wednesday 10 May, shall cover colossal pulses transactions volume of $ 100 billion-the entire value of global pulses trades done annually.more
Opening a new chapter in Sri Lankan automotive industry, a Tokyo based high-tech research and development startup is planning Sri Lankaโs first ever large, industry scale Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturing facility. The startup from Tokyo is also setting up international standard EV charging systems known as โmicro-gridโ stations across themore
In a major boost to Sri Lankan entrepreneur development efforts, the countryโ sole and fully integrated cement giant stepped in to support one of the biggest industry-entrepreneurial development projects introduced in the country.more
Commonwealth is diverse-and more so when it comes to sharing its collective prosperity.more
Many leading global Intellectual Property experts are converging in Colombo on 26 April for the launch of the two-day long World intellectual Property Day (WIPD) commemorations backed by Genevaโs World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).more
Sri Lanka has been invited again to showcase its investment and export portfolios at a premier global Forum, dubbed as Russiaโs Davos.more
The South East Asian Gateway Province to mainland China’s ambitious One Belt-One Road (OBOR) initiative voiced its impatience to witness the historic Sri Lanka โ China FTA’s take-off -so that bigger bilateral trade would become a reality soon.more
Leader of All Ceylon Makkal Congress