Minister Rishad Bathiudeen’s Committee Stage Budget Speech for Budget 2017 – Click below: BUDGET 2017-เฎตเฎฐเฎตเฏ เฎเฏเฎฒเฎตเฏ เฎเฎฐเฏ-เถ เถบเทเทเถบ 2017 more
Sri Lanka is enlisting its surging tourism and provincial cottage infrastructure to transform its struggling handloom produce to global markets. And the national blueprint for this transformation is now ready.more
As Sri Lanka works to enlist its one million strong SMEs in its middle income climb, it is also quietly bolstering the sector by directly intervening in one of the thorniest of issues-SME financing.more
Sri Lankaโs first ever professional management accreditation for its surging tourism and hospitality sector has been unveiled in Colombo.more
The state owned entity Lanka Sugar, which previously reported heavy losses, has now emerged with splendid financial performance as a result of Industry and Commerce Ministerโs initiatives.more
Sri Lanka is set to welcome its first ever National Cooperative Policy framework soon-and this national effort is backed by none other than UNโs only tripartite agency, the International Labour Organisation (ILO).more
Sri Lankaโs packaging industry is not only a cross-sectoral activity, but even a trailblazer in countryโs Public Private Partnerships. Meanwhile, the government is ready to elevate its support levels to the surging industry. โThe Packaging institute is one of the success stories of Sri Lankaโs Public Private Partnering atmore
As bilateral trade between Sri Lanka and China crossed $4 Bn threshold for the first time, a confident Sri Lanka said that the proposed FTA between the two countries shall further solidify this trade growth.more
Sri Lankaโs historic craft traditions are set to go hi-tech while the craftsmen themselves are set to receive international craft exposure. And the countryโs national crafts expo series has for the first time, expanded to include SAARC regionโs arts and crafts.more
Worldโs second ranked construction economy came forward on 12 November to partner with Sri Lankaโs ambitious Megapolis Project.more
Leader of All Ceylon Makkal Congress