Press & News (Page 13)

Even though national skills development and vocational training activities are only now being assigned to his Ministry, such capacity boosting efforts are no strange activities to him nor to his Ministry, said Sri Lanka’s newest Minister to take over the Vocational Training portfolio on 27 March.more

61 years after commencing operations, Sri Lanka’s famed Pulmoddai mineral deposits shall continue to vest with the public. Recent social media messages saying they are to be transferred or privatised are baseless. “Neither the government nor this Ministry has approved transfer of the profitable Pulmoddai Mineral Sand deposits” said themore

Buoyed by its unprecedented victory in latest global Doing Business ranks, Afghanistan has called to open a direct air corridor with Sri Lanka on 25 March. Kabul also keen on an Investment Protection and Promotion (IPP) pact with Colombo to revive lagging bilateral economic ties.more

Sri Lanka’s national consumer protection is to be led by an internationally accredited quality professional-and a leading academic in management science.more

Sri Lanka’s Budget 2019 has fetched a much needed windfall to Sri Lanka’s entrepreneurs and small businesses. More importantly, the latest Budget skilfully prods the sector towards exports.more

China assures its support presently and in future- for the deserving and underprivileged school children of Mannar. “We will try our best to help the children living here” assured (HE) Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Cheng Xueyuan on 6 March in Tharapuram, Mannar.more

In the pursuit of its ambitious, new export target of US $ 23 Bn by next year, Sri Lanka is enlisting unprecedented international backing to advance its export standards, specifically on quality.more

One of the lowest provincial contributors to its national GDP, Sri Lanka’s Northern Province is to be linked to the export supply chain –and not by the Province’ manufacturing output but more so by leveraging an abundant resource, the robust youth within the Province.more

Eighteen years since it was initially launched and thereafter driven by the Sri Lanka’s Industry and Commerce Ministry, the Pro-Food Pro-Pack expo series has now become the country’s largest exhibition event for its manufacturing sector.more