As part of its vast development efforts in the North, Sri Lanka has stepped up industry expansion in the Province, boosting hopes for new employment and economic resurgence of the region. The expansion work is kicked off from the largest Industry Zone in the Northern Province.more

In an effort to promote green processes in its automotive sector, Sri Lanka has called the sector to switch its gears to UN Sustainable Development Goals 9 framework (SDG 9) introduced in Colombo last year. Meanwhile the Chinaโ€™s famed low cost electric trishaw โ€˜XuZhou Furinkazanโ€™ is unveiled in Sri Lankamore

Afghanistan which packs over US $ 3 trillion in identified natural resources has issued an open call to Sri Lankan business sector to visit them, prospect and reap benefits. ย โ€œI found out that Sri Lankan miners to be well skilledโ€ said HE Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan tomore

Malaysia has expressed its strong interest on moving forward on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka that was initially mulled in 2013.more

Sri Lankaโ€™s Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen has won a Global Leadership Award at Malaysiaโ€™s Global Leadership Awards 2018 (GLA 2018) event at Kuala Lumpur Hilton on 25 July.more

With the recent unveiling of trade related national projects such as NES and SLTIP, there is clear progress in the management of Sri Lankaโ€™s international trade-and now itโ€™s time to leverage these initiatives to move to the next level, stressed Genevaโ€™s International Trade Centre (ITC) in Colombo on 20 July.more

A Chinese gold mining giant announced that it is ready to set up an international standard, modern gold, gem and jewellery hub in Sri Lanka adding that such a hub boosts Chinaโ€™s OBOR plans on the country. The Chinese firm, Sanmenxio Jinqu Group, is backed by the worldโ€™s largest physicalmore

Sri Lanka is to unleash one of the largest ever support initiatives for its start-ups and entrepreneurs. He also announced that the government is negotiating with India for a major development project for Northern province โ€˜in the scale of historic Mahaweli projectโ€™.more

Completing a major milestone in its WTO Trade Facilitation Plan and kicking off one of the biggest projects in its international trade history, Sri Lanka has officially unveiled its Trade Information Portal (TIP) on 20 July in Colombo. Buoyed by the achievement, Sri Lanka also vowed that the country willmore