โ€˜Starting work for $1B tradeโ€™-Rishad Pakistan single country expo now on in Colombo โ€˜PM Shariffโ€™s visit a milestone in bilateralsโ€™-Rishad โ€˜Mutual prosperityโ€™-Pakistani Commerce Minister Kurram Bilateral trade at $354 Mn In the successful conclusion of the recent visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff to Colombo just last week, Pakistan,more

Worldโ€™s largest shipper Maersk & global diabetic warrior Nordisk readying Sri Lanka entry โ€˜Maersk mulling to partner CMB port expansionโ€™–Amb. Taksรธe-Jensen โ€˜Time to expand Lanka-Danish linksโ€™-Rishad โ€˜Biz delegation on pipelineโ€™-Harry J โ€˜Our trade with Danes up by 300%โ€™-Rishad โ€˜Global insulin leader Nordisk tooโ€™– Taksรธe-Jensen Boosting Sri Lankaโ€™s international investment profile,more

IDPs a key topic in UN Commissioner Zeidโ€™s February visit to Colombo UN lauds Govtโ€™s reconciliation efforts โ€˜High Commissioner Zeid here early Februaryโ€™-UNโ€™s Nandy โ€˜70% Muslim IDPs still languishingโ€™-Rishad โ€˜Ending my Colombo stintโ€™-Nandy โ€˜Wilpattu in news again since we donโ€™t complainโ€™-Rishad In a major boost to the present unity governmentโ€™smore

Training in crafts Ceylon Today FT: More than 630 apprentice craftsmen received training in handicrafts through the Master Craftsmen Training Programme organized by the National Crafts Council (NCC) this year. NCC also plans to expand the number of trained craftsmen through 113 craft training centres under it. NCC’s strategic planmore

Values and heritage are of prior importance when it comes to safeguarding Sri Lankan culture, according to HE the President Maithripala Sirisena. Criticism against him when he tries to safeguard culture is an attempt to destroy the pride of our great nation.more

โ€˜Ready to sacrifice life for my communityโ€™ -Rishad Says a campaign of vilification of his good name โ€˜Kill me if you will but not my character!โ€™-Rishad Says Falsehoods are politically motivated โ€œWill quit politics if provedโ€-Rishad During a special press briefing Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen came onmore

The door for the Lankan youth to move towards a much needed entrepreneurial culture has opened on 21 December when the national SME giant launched a pioneering initiative aimed at the youth of the country in partnership with ILO. The โ€œEntrepreneurial Reawakeningโ€ in Colombo by National Enterprise Development Authority (NEDA)more

Sri Lankaโ€™s apparel sector is assured that potential effects, if any, from the biggest global trade agreement in two decades are likely to be balanced out by the return of GSP Plus, according to a top Cabinet Minister on 18 December. Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen, speaking atmore

Sri Lanka has decided to verify the calibrations used in three newly utilities and services in its retail sector. These new verifications are a first for these three sectors which are largely free of close supervision hitherto said the Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on 8 December. Themore

Sri Lankaโ€™s FMCG marketโ€™s price leader LAK SATHOSA is ranked second among retail chain brands in the country -and that too, by a few marginal points behind the countryโ€™s top ranked retail chain. As part of its busy preparations for the coming festival season, SATHOSA has stocked up a three-monthmore