Within four days of a Presidential level delegation from Sri Lanka successfully wrapping up its bilateral work in Doha, the State of Qatar is despatching an official delegation led by an influential Qatari Minister to Colombo to move bilateral trade actions forward.more
Sri Lanka is aiming to expand its presence in Qatar. โSri Lanka is aiming to expand its presence in Qatar, specifically in the Qatari employment marketโ said the Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on 25 October.more
Sri Lanka has launched an open international tender to import a fresh tranche of rice on 19 October โ a first call in recent times to be issued to suppliers worldwide.more
A private hospital not aiming to be a commercial operation but to be a committed caregiver for the sick, and run by a retired Lankan school teacher has clinched the Best Western Provincial Entrepreneur of Sri Lanka on 17 October in Colombo.more
Sri Lanka has confirmed purchase of 500000 MT rice from four global suppliers to face pressure from its domestic markets distressed by paddy shortfall for three straight seasons. Shipments from one country is already being offloaded at Colombo Port. Sri Lanka is also returning back to its scrapped rice MRPsmore
No less than two thirds of annual imports to Sri Lanka will enter the country duty free when the FTAs with China and Singapore are wrapped up, said a visiting top official from WTO in Colombo today 10 October.more
The first shipment of rice ordered from India is scheduled to land in Colombo Port tomorrow 10 October.more
Two high officials of WTO-among them none other them the Chief of Trade Agreements-are in town for a high level trade information session by the Department of Commerce that opens in Colombo on 10 October .more
No sooner the first ever national SME policy of the country has been unveiled, Sri Lanka is moving to implement it without delay.more
The largest and most active segment of the global crafts entity, the World Crafts Council, has heaped praise on the Lankan crafts sector saying that it is proud to have an influential member like Sri Lankaโs National Crafts Council with it. Meanwhile, Sri Lankaโs latest arts and crafts event Shilpamore
Leader of All Ceylon Makkal Congress