Leveraging latest economic changes at home, Indiaโ€™s highly powerful multinational and industry grouping announced their direct support to Lankan SMEs and industries in an unprecedented offer on 12 October in Colombo.more

UNโ€™s apex industry body is planning for much larger intervention in Sri Lankan industry sector-and has reiterated its support for the industry development vision of Sri Lankaโ€™s national unity government. โ€œIn the next country policy for Sri Lanka, UNIDO is keen to build a more comprehensive industry support levelโ€ saidmore

Despite being a small player, Sri Lanka has become a reliable and quality supplier of value added goods to global markets while emerging as a reliable exporter of premium rubber-and Sri Lankaโ€™s exports to China has in increased by 70%!.more

Guangxi TV Channel 8 news highlights Sri Lanka and Minister Rishad Bathiudeen (who lead the Lankan delegation to CAEXPO 13) at the event inauguration and in some follow-up events.more

No less than a quarter of tea imports to the worldโ€™s largest tea market are Ceylon Tea-and โ€œCeylon Teaโ€ is also the first international branding hit for Sri Lanka in modern times, revealed a top Lankan Cabinet Minister on 11 September in Nanning, China.more

Sri Lanka-China historic relations appear to be dating back way earlier than currently believed, according to revelations by a top Chinese official-and strategic frontier province in Chinaโ€™s 21st Century Maritime Silk Route plan calls to expand trade and friendly cooperation with Sri Lanka โ€“ almost on its own.more

Sri Lanka received a rare honour on 11 September of being the third economy ever in the world and the first South Asian economy to join the dominant China-ASEAN blocโ€™s high profile annual trade and investment event in Nanning, the modern capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region, China.more