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 Lankaโ€™s newest Minister to take over the Vocational Training portfolio on 27 March.more

61 years after commencing operations, Sri Lankaโ€™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. โ€œNeither the government nor this Ministry has approved transfer of the profitable Pulmoddai Mineral Sand depositsโ€ 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

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

One of the lowest provincial contributors to its national GDP, Sri Lankaโ€™s Northern Province is to be linked to the export supply chain โ€“and not by the Provinceโ€™ 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 Lankaโ€™s Industry and Commerce Ministry, the Pro-Food Pro-Pack expo series has now become the countryโ€™s largest exhibition event for its manufacturing sector.more

After three decades since their initial displacement, Muslim IDPs from Jaffna now scattered across the country will finally be able to resettle thanks to a timely appeal by Sri Lankaโ€™s Minister for Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons.more