Book on Northern IDPs launched
A new Tamil language book “Challenges faced by Northern Muslim IDPs” written by Lake House journalist S Fahim was launched on Saturday 06 June in Colombo.more
Great Work on Ornamental Fish!
Sri Lankaโs O-Fish surging further upstream EDB powered Lankan breeders clinch 29 Awards in Singapore โGreat Work!โ-Rishad โHigh RoIโ-EDBโs Egodage โ14 O-fish exports up by 17% to $12.5 Mn Pioneer Lankan O-fish breeder felicitated Sri Lankaโs ornamental fish sector is basking in the glow of international spotlight having bagged manymore
Welcoming the TATA Group!
Indiaโs TATA picks Lanka for its ground-breaking Pakistan move TATAโs apex holder TATA SONS in Colombo โTATA V2.0 arrives in Sri Lanka!โ– TATA Sonsโ Kannan โGreat news for Lankan manufacturing & economyโ-Rishad Largest ever TATA delegation to Colombo โPlaying automotives, power, FMCG hereโ- TATA Sonsโ Kannan The Indo-Lanka-Pakistan tripartite trademore
“People now must be resettled”
Rajitha sees no wrong in Wilpattu Settlements By Zahrah Imtiaz Around 2175 IDP families are to be re-settled in Jaffna and Trincomalee said Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Rajitha Senaratne on 28 May.more
Pakistan calls $1B trade
As bilateral trade crossed $350 Mn in 2014, Sri Lankaโs second largest trading partner in SAARC has revealed that it is fast-tracking work on $1Bn annual bilateral trade with new vigourโand to this end, is also aiming to wrap the next Joint Economic Commission (JEC) session in Islamabad at themore
Swiss support for Sri Lanka
Switzerland declares support for 19A ย First Swiss-Lanka Biz Table concluded โA top event under the new govtโ-Minister Bathiudeen โDonโt fear global tradeโ-Dr Harsha โGreat show on 8 January– (HE) Amb Nederkoorn โ14 bilateral trade at $269ย Mn ย Switzerland, the nation with richest households in the world, threw its support behindmore
Euromoney arrives in Sri Lanka
Global investment info giant Euromoney arrives in Sri Lanka ย Euromoney is here! โWe are here for the long termโ–Euromoneyโs Shale โPartner with us for Expo 2016โ-Rishad โYes! And we have 12 million global receptionโ– Euromoneyโs Shale Euromoney listed in LSEmore
“No Settlements in Wilpattu”-Minister Ranawaka
Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka revealed on 11 May that there are no settlers in Wilpattu Reserved Forest stressing that people are allowed to settle outside Wilpattu jungles only with permissions.more
Challenge: Prove, ready to quit!
โI challenge anyone to prove, even ready to quitโ-Rishad โNo Pakistani or outside settlorsโ-Rishad Says supporting re-settlement of all communities โReady to take you there and show!โ-Rishad Says a vilification campaign is on A top Lankan Cabinet Minister issued an open challenge on 07 May to anyone who couldmore
Calling for Presidential Commission
Minister of Industry and Commerce and Vanni District MP Rishad Bathiudeen has called for the appointment of a Presidential Commission to probe allegations of unauthorized settlements inside forest reserves. The minister made this revelation in response to a query raised by The Nation regarding allegations that under the ministerโs blessings,more