Sri Lanka-China historic relations appear to be dating back way earlier than currently believed, according to revelations by a top Chinese official-and strategic frontier province in Chinaโs 21st Century Maritime Silk Route plan calls to expand trade and friendly cooperation with Sri Lanka โ almost on its own.more
Sri Lanka received a rare honour on 11 September of being the third economy ever in the world and the first South Asian economy to join the dominant China-ASEAN blocโs high profile annual trade and investment event in Nanning, the modern capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region, China.more
No less than 25 Lankan exporters, biz reps and officials are joining one of the strongest ever Lankan trade delegations to land in China on 10 September.more
Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen has called on the Malaysian Government to take speedy action on the attack on Sri Lankan envoy in Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar at the Kuala Lumpur Airport on 04 September.more
Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen representing Sri Lanka took part in the โDavos of Asiaโ on 5 September in Ipoh, Malaysia.more
A major milestone in the historic US-Sri Lanka bilateral trade will be reached tomorrow September 01 when the Work Plan under U.S.-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) goes into immediate effect after inked by both sides.more
A globally reputed mineral sands multinational (and Worldโs largest Zircon producer) revealed on 30 August in Colombo that it is planning to commence one of the largest mineral extraction operations in Sri Lanka from 2019.more
Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen has instructed his lawyers to send a Letter of Demand for Rs One billion to the Sinhala language newspaper Lankadeepa on 25 August.more
The INCO industrial expo is a unique series-and is customer focused, said Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on 13 August. “My Ministry supports many Government Industrial Organizations some of which are manufacturers linked to exports” said Minister Bathiudeen. He was addressing the awards night of INCO 2016 heldmore
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) under the direction of Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen will be enforcing plastic mineral water bottling standards starting September 1.more
Leader of All Ceylon Makkal Congress