Press & News (Page 32)

Ceylon Tea’s 150 year celebrations, the Global Ceylon Tea Party has hooked the biggest tea company in the world’s largest per capita tea market.more

As Bangkok too gave the green light last week to meet an urgent rice demand call by Colombo, Sri Lankan government’s overseas rice outreach now stands triumphant having bagged a huge tranche of rice ready to be shipped in anytime.more

Sri Lanka’s one million strong Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have clinched the largest international support wave in their business history thereby finally enabling them to directly link with global markets. Lankan SMEs in spices, food preparations and ICT/BPO are to receive support in the first round.more

No less than six exhaustive sessions of official talks have been wrapped to-date in Sri Lanka’s pursuit of the coveted Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the world’s second largest economy.more

By Charumini de Silva – DailyFT The Government yesterday said it plans to introduce a National Short and Medium Enterprise (SME) policy as well as a National SME Authority, as the SME sector is a driver of change for inclusive economic growth to increase youth employment and reduce poverty.more

The four man Lankan team of officials that flew to Pakistan and Myanmar to select rice tranche, has returned to Colombo today July 14 morning-and reports tale of a government to government level success.more

Sri Lanka began potent work on entering a historic and a groundbreaking global trade pact that would give the country’s exports a boost similar to another GSP Plus -and this pact is also set to impact a whopping one fifth of global trade in a few years from now.more

As the landmark global Information Technology Agreement (ITA) completes its 20th anniversary, Sri Lanka is to catch its first glimpse of the ITA in Colombo today July 12.more

The boundary delimitation of Pradeshiya Sabhas in Mannar District heavily discriminated its populace-and speedy resettlement of District’s IDPs the need of the hour.more