Lanka-Pakistan FTA widening
Lanka-Pakistan bilateral trade talks conclude in Colombo โOur PM Shariffโs Jan-โ16 visit a turning point for tradeโ-Pakistani Minister Khan โGrowing, but can expand moreโ-Rishad Bilateral trade at $354 Mn โComing few weeks excitingโ-Pakistani Minister Khan โIdentified issuesโ-Rishad Sri LankaโPakistan historic bilateral trade positioned for a new high in the aftermathmore
Trade with Qatar jumps by 18%!
Sri Lanka’s exports surge to worldโs highest per capita economy Bilateral trade with Qatar jumps by 18% to $78 Mn โCalling for bigger trade, new investmentsโ-Rishad Sri Lankaโs exports to Qatar peaks in 2014! ย As YoY bilateral trade surged and Sri Lankaโs exports to the worldโs largest per capita economymore
Looking for mutual trade with Guangdong
China top regionโs Second in Command meeting Rishad tomorrow Ms Yufang here with high powered official team Delegation is on a three day visit to Sri Lanka โLooking for mutual opportunitiesโ-Rishad Sino-Lanka bilateral trade up by 16% As Sino-Lanka YoY bilateral trade surged by 16%, the Second in Command ofmore
exploring bigger trade with Pakistan
Pakistan Commerce Minister Khan coming Pakistan-Lanka trade at $353 Mn โLooking to jointly explore bigger tradeโ-Rishad As historic trade partners Sri Lanka and Pakistan positioned for a $1 Bn trade volume, Pakistani Commerce Minister is now scheduled to arrive in Colombo to take the process forward-and the first Business Interactionmore
To the Philippines: Let us re-activate 1980 pact
โLet us restart โ80 landmark trade pactโ-Rishad to the Philippines Sri Lanka at the 41st Philippine Biz Conference โRe-activation of 1980 pact can take trade to next levelsโ-Rishad YoY Lankan-Philippine trade jumps by 59% 14 member biz delegation at the 41st Expo โNew industry zones open to Philippine investorsโ-Rishad Asmore
Muslim IDPs on the road even after 25 years!
Rishad calls a two year timeline to solve Lankaโs Northern Muslim IDP issue โWe do not want to take this to Genevaโ-Rishad Calls for a new Govt Resettlement Plan within two years โLet us solve this through a domestic processโ-Rishad Losses from โ90 Northern Muslim eviction mount to Rs 17more
IDPs are on the road even after 25 years!
Rishad calls a two year timeline to solve Lankaโs Northern Muslim IDP issue โWe do not want to take this to Genevaโ-Rishad Calls for a new Govt Resettlement Plan within two years โLet us solve this through a domestic processโ-Rishad Losses from โ90 Northern Muslim eviction mount to Rs 17more
We import from Kanzai too!
Japanโs second biggest regional economy makes Sri Lanka entry Historic, high profile biz team from Kanzai to Colombo Led by National Panasonicโs second in Command Matsushita! โStrengthens our historic bilateral relationsโ-Rishad โWant to invest & partner across the boardโ– Matsushita Bilateral trade up by 31% to $1.1Bn โKeen on environment,more
ANNIVERSARY OF MUSLIM EXPULSION FROM NORTH
A quarter of a century has elapsed since the atrocious eviction of Muslims from the Northern Province by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which marked a clear and calculated episode of ethnic cleansing. On the morning of October 23, ,Anjaneyar, the then Jaffna leader of the LTTE summonedmore
Lankan pulse imports up by 75%!
Lankan dhal refiner of humble start now a globally certified firm with Swiss tech Has worldโs largest lentil processing machinery โGood work, and pulse imports up by 75%โ-Rishad โMeeting 85% Lankan lentil needโ LAPโs Chairman Bahardeen Wins first SLS 896 & ISO 22000 in the country โMulti grain processing nextโ–more