As its private sector investments in Sri Lanka topped $ 1.5 Bn, the countryโ€™s biggest FDI partner called for stronger B2B and investment cooperation on 26 March in Colombo. โ€œSri Lanka has shown strong economic progress. We like to see closer cooperation at business to business and investment levels.more

“In the aftermath of the end of war thanks to (HE) the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, we Muslims were looking forward to a new beginning. But we are facing new problems. After more than 20 years, these Muslim IDPs are not re-settled yet. Many Mosques and Muslim schools in their placesmore

โ€œApologise BBS, or pay $3.8M!โ€   A Letter of Demand (LoD) seeking $ 3.8 Mn (Rs 500 Mn) in compensation began its journey towards Sri Lankaโ€™s Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation on 25 March as Rishad Bathiudeen (Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka and leader of All Ceylonmore

โ€˜Time to revive tradeโ€™-Rishad Bilateral trade needs to be revived first, before moving for such trade mechanisms as FTAs when it comes to trade with the virgin market of Palestinian Territories. โ€œFTA with the Palestinian Territories is a good idea but with non-existent trade at present, it is too earlymore

โ€œWhy create an altogether new problem?” Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen has taken his presence online on 18 March-and called for the need to preserve the hard-earned atmosphere of peace among Lankan communities. โ€Please visit my website as well as my partyโ€™s, that is All Ceylon Makkal Congressโ€more

Contempt application against Rishad settled in CA Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen expressed his highest regard for the Judiciary. โ€œI express my highest regard for the Judiciary. I regret for the unauthorised use of the telephoneโ€ said Minister Bathiudeen on 14 March in Colombo. Minister Bathiudeen was addressingmore

  Groundbreaking IFC research thrusts Mannar to vanguard of Green Hotspot brandsย  As Lanka Tourismโ€™s spend per day rate topped $ 105, a ground-breaking study by no less than International Finance Corporation (IFC) with several international stakeholders has now identified and unravelled one of the best kept secrets of Srimore

  Strengthening bilateral trade cooperation further, Chinaโ€™s powerful official organ in charge of import commodity inspections, has despatched its first expert study team to Sri Lanka-signalling that China is opening for Sri Lankaโ€™s agro-exports. โ€I am pleased and thankful to the Government of China for honouring my request during mymore

Sri Lankaโ€™s factory output, an important industrial growth driver, continues to rise. โ€œNational Factory output that recorded $ 2.4 Billion in 2011, increased to $ 2.6 Billion, in 2012. Since there is a strong contribution by local industries to exports, there is also growth in our overall exports thanks tomore