Nanning CAEXPO: โSri Lanka honoured!โ
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
Rishad leads strong delegation to China CAEXPO 13
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
‘Punish wrongdoers in Ansar attack!’
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
Rishad showcases Sri Lanka at Davos of Asia
Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen representing Sri Lanka took part in the โDavos of Asiaโ on 5 September in Ipoh, Malaysia.more
โThankful to US supportโ
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
โStrong boost to our mineral sectorโ
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
Letter of Demand to Lankadeepa newspaper
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
“INCO a Unique exhibition”
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
SLSI standard mandatory for water bottles
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
Renewing trade with Kazakh
Sri Lanka has agreed to partner with one of the largest export exhibitions in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) region on 12 August. As a result, almost five million visitors attending the largest global export exhibition in the EEU region will be sampling the Lankan export portfolio for a threemore
Leader of All Ceylon Makkal Congress