𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐌𝐏

The Minister of Industry and Commerce has claimed Rs One Billion compensation with regard to a statement broadcast on a local TV channel that allegedly damaged his image, reputation and good will.more

Lanka Sathosa, the country’s largest state owned retail chain, has expanded its branch network beyond the 400 milestone and began moving for the new target of doubling its branch network on Friday 25 January.more

For the first time in the history of Sri Lanka’s US $550 Mn footwear and leather sector, the industry has come forward to felicitate the Cabinet Minister in charge of it for “invaluable support and services” that he rendered towards its success.more

Sri Lanka’s first ever insurance cover for its artisans and craftsmen will commence this March. The insurance scheme, initially proposed by HE President Maithripala Sirisena in 2017, has been a rallying cry by many local craftsmen for years. Meanwhile, the second national census of the country’s handlooms sector too ismore

Sri Lanka’s textile and handlooms sector gets a major upgrade this year after many decades when a global technology platform used in complex patterns is presented to domestic craftsmen and designers this year.more

Boosting much needed farmer income and even blocking domestic market manipulations by the country’s large rice miller oligopoly, Sri Lankan Cooperative System is taking on a new challenge. The Cooperative sector- hitherto been on the rice distribution end- is now stepping in to the country’s fragmented rice supply chain.more

The second stage of South Asia’s most sophisticated, national scale electronic company registration will commence when Sri Lanka’s Company Registrar activates it on Monday 21.more

The first ever re-settlement city for Sri Lankan displaced persons fully funded by a donor from United Arab Emirates (UAE) was launched on January 13 in Mannar. The new facility goes beyond being a mere collection of new houses to integrate many infrastructures of a small city.more

The Sri Lankan consumer can benefit only when the small scale rice miller is safeguarded. “We praise Minister Rishad Bathiudeen for promptly looking into this issue and clarifying it” said Namal Karunaratne of Lanka Govijana Sansadaya (All island Farmers’ Federation-AIFF) on 9 January. Karunaratne was speaking after a meeting withmore