With the passing away of Hon Alavi Maulana, a great Sri Lankan trade union leader of Sri Lanka, the end of an era is witnessed. Former Governor of the Western Province, Former Minister and Trade Union leader Alavi Maulanaย  was one of the icons who served the Sri Lankan worker’smore

In an unprecedented development in Sri Lankaโ€™s bilateral trade history, Africaโ€™s third largest oil producer opened its prized petroleum exploration doors wide to Sri Lanka on 14 June-and this offer, if accepted, shall turn Sri Lankaโ€™s national energy picture on its head. โ€œIf Sri Lanka wants to create its ownmore

Work on Sri Lankaโ€™s long awaited national Innovation Index which is set to measure the Lankan innovation portfolio, began in Colombo on 14 June-and the top UN agency tasked with world Intellectual Property (IP) development says many new IP projects have been earmarked for Colombo in future. โ€œIn view ofmore

โ€œCriticizing Ravi K on VAT is baselessโ€-Rishad Rishad lines up for Ravi K Throws his ACMCโ€™s weight behind Ravi K โ€œVAT share falling in factโ€-Rishad Praises Raviโ€™s success on $1.5B IMF facility Calls opposition to dodge narrow politics, join reforms Sri Lankaโ€™s Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen camemore

Al Arabiya English Sunday, 5 June 2016 Saudi Arabiaโ€™s Supreme Court has announced that Monday June 6 is the first day of Ramadan after confirming seeing the moon crescent, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.   The UAE, Jordan and the Palestinian territories have also confirmed seeing the Ramadan moon crescentmore

In a new breakthrough in the ongoing revival saga of historic Kankesanthurai (KKS) cement project, a South Korean conglomerate of global scale said it is vying to clinch the mega Northern project on 24 May. Interestingly, the Korean conglomerate is to enlist yet another gigantic Korean multinational for the requiredmore

Rishad calls Rs 100,000 cash grant for each affected family โ€˜Just dry rations alone wonโ€™t doโ€™-Rishad Has been visiting many camps in past few days Meets more than 2000 families, inquires on location status Enlists his CAAโ€™s support for relief Donates monthly salary for flood efforts Not entirely satisfied withmore

As Sri Lankanโ€™s hunger for pulses and lentils continues to grow, the country now annually imports pulses exceeding $70 Mn and even at 100Mn-and the bulk of it being the well-known staple โ€˜red lentilsโ€™, revealed Sri Lankaโ€™s Industry and Commerce Minister on 20 May.more

Boosting Sri Lankan mineral sector outlook, a global industry conglomerate from China mainland announced on May 12 that it is ready to take a lead role in Sri Lankaโ€™s strategic minerals. โ€œWe are looking for outright purchase of any mineral sands and graphite production of Sri Lankaโ€ said a determinedmore

Rishad meets flood victims Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen visited Colomboโ€™s flood affected zones in Wellampitiya and Kolonnawa on 21, 22 and 23 May. Minister Bathiudeen was joined by Minister of Environment & Renewable Energy Susil Premajayantha, Western PC MPs, Navy personnel, and Divisional secretariat officials. Minister Bathiudeenmore