Religious conflict: Special police unit wonโt succeed without govt. backing โ Bathiudeen, to The Island By Shamindra Ferdinando [THE ISLAND, 28 APRIL, 2014] Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen yesterday said that the country would have to pay a very heavy price for the failure on the part ofmore
10-P IP Plan coming into action for the first time Sri Lanka has high legal, scientific and tech capacity to adapt to demanding global Intellectual Property (IP) dynamics-and for the first time, a global body vested with universal IP powers has openly acknowledges it. โWhen it comes to IP andmore
โStrongly condemn wrongful entryโ-Rishad The Government together with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce strongly condemns wrongful entry and search of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce premises by a group of Buddhist monks and individuals who alleged to be a part of Bodu Bala Sena organisation, on 23 Aprilmore
The Wilpattu squatters at Marichchikattu, arrived there due to their great necessity to survive-and allegations made against Minister Rishad Bathiudeen are totally untrue. โ73 families who were left in the lurch, have put up temporary huts on the borders of the Wilpattu National Park out of great necessity to survive.more
โCondemn unruly disruption, want a Commission of InquiryโโRishad & ACMC Condemning the unruly disruption on 09 Wednesday, Rishad Bathiudeen (Leader, All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) & Minister of Industry and Commerce), called for a Commission of Inquiry to look into the incidents against minorities in the country. โThe ACMC callsmore
As Sri Lankaโs first batch of exporters successfully captured their licences to officially flavour the world with Sri Lankaโs second global brand on 07 April, the country recommitted to $ one Bn in spice and cinnamon exports by 2020.ย โ Today, nine Sri Lankan cinnamon export firms are empowered bymore
โOur trade talks with some global powers progressing wellโ โ Iranโs Khani It is time for the revival of Iran-Sri Lanka trade-back to its original volumes. โAs trade restrictions faced by Iran being eased progressively, we believe it is now the correct time to restart our bilateral tradeโ said amore
“To Al Bayan: Emirates our largest investor!” Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka, speaking to Middle East’s Al Bayan newspaper, said that Emirates, Sri Lanka’s largest investor from Gulf. “15 Lankan projects are in UAE with an investment of $ 65 million in 2010 and $ 42 millionmore
โLanka aiming to be a top-ten apparel exporter in world by 2020โ – Rishad In the aftermath of latest record apparel earnings, Sri Lanka is now entertaining bigger apparel dreams. โOur internationally recognized apparel sector has shown strong performance, and has earned revenues of $ 4.3 Bn in 2013. HEmore
Alone in the race,ย Rishadโs ACMC clinches surprise victory in WP elections Colombo District votersย launch ACMC to WPC! โJackpot in our first time outside N & E!โ-Rishad Majority votes fromย Colombo North Polling Div Political newcomer All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) radiated with sudden joy on 30 March as it bagged anmore
Leader of All Ceylon Makkal Congress