In a significant development affecting the Sri Lankan retail market segments, Singapore has extended its support the revive LAKSATHOSA, Sri Lankaโ€™s sole state owned retail chain -and the immediate offer of support comes in the wake of a Ministerial level request made on 7 October in Colombo. โ€œWeโ€™ll do thismore

Central Europeโ€™s biggest economy partners with Lankan energy, ICT โ€˜Looking to partner in energy & ICTโ€™-Polish Dep. Minister Soczewica Second Polish Ministerial level team to Colombo in recent times โ€˜Looking for tech transferโ€™-Rishad โ€˜For large scale projectsโ€™- Minister Soczewica โ€˜We are for wider, deeper cooperation!โ€™– Polish Dep. Minister Soczewica โ€˜Timemore

โ€˜Letโ€™s start work!-Rishad ยทย ย ย ย ย ย  Both countries mull a November schedule ยทย ย ย ย ย ย  โ€˜Keen on Lankan infrastructure projectsโ€™-H.E. Amb. Ozcuhadar ยทย ย ย ย ย ย  Bilateral trade surpasses $300 mark ยทย ย ย ย ย ย  2014 YoY trade at $311 Mn, up by 34% As Lanka-Turkey bilateral trade surpassed $300 Mn mark for the first time, both countries have launchedmore

Sri Lanka-Turkey trade beats $300M barrier โ€˜Strong bilateral growth trendโ€™-Rishad Turkey Ceylon Business Chamber born in Colombo โ€˜Linking 55000 Turkish bizโ€™–TUSKONโ€™s Ozkelebek 2014 YoY trade at $311 Mn, up by 34% Lanka-Turkey bilateral trade crossed the $300 Mn barrier for the first time, a pioneering mechanism that establishes the muchmore

First joint Hazmat training goes live in Colombo โ€˜Our plastics, metals & battery โ€˜chemical extensiveโ€™-Rishad More than 150 Lankan institutions in session Says Hazmat in bigger play due to planned reforms โ€˜Thanks OPCWโ€™!-Rishad The first ever international industrial hazardous material (Hazmat) awareness session jointly held with the Lankan private sectormore

Indo-Lanka trade in remarkable turnaround Indiaโ€™s FIEO enters Sri Lanka โ€˜FIEO entering at an important timeโ€™-Rishad Huge 27% YoY surge in Indo-Lanka trade 2015 first-half trade tops $2.6 Bn! โ€˜India-linked trade via Colombo port now hugeโ€™-FIEOโ€™s Vadivel As Indo-Lanka YoY annual trade reported a remarkable turnaround, the umbrella exporters bodymore

โ€˜Bigger role for Lankan private sectorโ€™-Rishad Says Lankans of all hues rallying round new government โ€˜Exports, manufacturing to play a lead role โ€™-Rishad Sri Lanka is mulling a bigger role for private sector in the planned industry and commerce reforms-and Lankans of all hues are rallying round the leaders ofmore

Sri Lanka gem exports surge by 135% 25th FACETS intโ€™l show opens in Colombo โ€˜14 gem exports at $165Mn, up by 135%โ€™-Rishad โ€˜Gem & Jewellery to be a 1Bn thrust sectorโ€™-EDBโ€™s Egodage โ€˜Sri Lanka has a true โ€˜mine-to-marketโ€™ industryโ€™-Rishad FACETS โ€™15 expects 10000 footfall by 6 Sept As Sri Lankamore

I and ACMC thank everyone who helped me to obtainย  26291 preferential votes and get elected to the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka from the Vanni District! Rishad Bathiudeen MP  more

  Rishad braves stone attacks in East, gets rousing welcome ย  Thwarted meetings, stone attacks for ACMCโ€™s first Eastern foray โ€˜Even Late Leader Hon Ashraff was attacked in Eastโ€™-Rishad Says ACMC undaunted Eastern women, youth starting to rally round ACMC  more