โ€˜Strongly praise budgetary support for exportsโ€™ โ€“Rishad Commends GSP+ regaining push โ€˜$4.9Bn trade with EU could have been even higherโ€™-Rishad Welcomes the new BFN Unit! Praises measures on EU fish ban The latest measures relating to exports introduced by 29 Thursdayโ€™s interim-budget are praiseworthy-and the Ministry of Industry and Commercemore

โ€˜No change in Lankaโ€™s liberal market policiesโ€™โ€“Rishad to India โ€ข โ€˜We praise Sri Lankaโ€™s new outlook!โ€™- Indian Dep High Comm Bagchi โ€ข โ€˜India now our largest supplierโ€™-Rishad โ€ข 2013 total trade tops $3.6 Bn โ€ข โ€˜Time to expand to investments & servicesโ€™-Indian Dep High Comm Bagchi โ€ข Balance of trademore

Washington soft power backed Lankan women biz policy unveiled in Colombo Lankaโ€™s WCIC unveils a key Policy Brief โ€˜Only 34% womenโ€™s labour force activeโ€™โ€“WCICโ€™s Rifa Cooperated by Washingtonโ€™s CIPE! โ€˜Ready to helpโ€™-Rishad US-Lanka economic ties at $3Bn The clarion call of Sri Lankaโ€™s women entrepreneurs to integrate them to themore

Europe unleashes new trade push on Sri Lanka โ€ข Top Geneva delegation now in Colombo โ€ข $8 Mn capacity initiative taking off โ€ข โ€˜Great start!โ€™-Rishad โ€ข EU is Lankaโ€™s single largest market! โ€ข Bilateral with EU at $3.2Bn in 2014 Jn-Nov As a new economic era dawned on Sri Lanka,more

Assumes duties as Minister of Ind. & Com again Says joining with Pvt Sector in the new phase โ€˜2014 exports at $11 Bโ€™ -Rishad Private sector is set to be the driver in Sri Lanka new phase of industry and intโ€™l trade developmentโ€“and the (new) Minister of Industry & Commercemore

Rishad Bathiudeen MP has triumphantly returned to serve the country once again as the Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka -and the countryโ€™s private sector promptly hailed his return on 12 January. โ€œI, Rishad Bathiudeen solemnly declare and affirm that I will faithfully perform the duties and dischargemore

Asย a new visionary leader takesย the stewardship,ย we look forward with hopes and new aspiration towards a united, peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka! -Rishad Bathiudeen (Vanni District MP, Leader of ACMC).more

Top Cabiner Minister decides to back Common Candidate Maithri โ€˜Decision was to uphold national unity, communityโ€™-Rishad Led Lankaโ€™s Industry & Commerce from 2011 A top Lankan Cabinet Ministerial firebrand made the crucial career call of his political life on 22 December-and need for national unity underpins his crucial decision. โ€œThemore

  Sri Lankaโ€™s first mass media outlet aimed at the countryโ€™s 1.9 Mn Muslim community was unveiled on 16 December in Colombo. The operator of Sri Lankaโ€™s first mass media outlet exclusively focused on the countryโ€™s Muslim community is National News Agency Ltd.more