President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in Pakistan on a three-day state visit at the invitation of President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Live news Pakistan reported.more

First European R&D breakthrough for Lankan apparels ย  ยทย  ย  Topped up with opening to worldโ€™s next economic supermodel Rishad clinches breakthrough for Lankan apparel industry Skype creator economy opens for Lankan apparels & exports โ€˜Supporting Lanka apparel R&Dโ€™-Swedenโ€™s Advisor Almufti ย  โ€˜Ready; our manufacturing now at G4โ€™-Rishad First ofmore

Lanka commences GSP+ process with EU ย Discussions get wider, includes trade call Bilateral trade now almost at $5Bn As bilateral trade between EU and Sri Lanka edged to $5Bn mark, Sri Lanka has commenced its talks on the recovery of the GSP Plus from EU on 24 March in Colombo,more

Sri Lanka and rising ASEAN economy ink first trade minutes in Colombo ย  โ€˜Talks successfulโ€™-Rishad & Vuong Private sectors of both sides to lead new thrust Products at play: Apparel, rubber โ€˜Letโ€™s move for $1 Bn tradeโ€™-โ€˜Namโ€™s Vuong With a call to quadruple bilateral trade to $1 Bn, Sri Lankamore

Brussels taskforce in Colombo next week for GSP+ย  ย  GSP+ recovery process starts in Colombo next Monday โ€˜Letโ€™s celebrate the process with Brussels!โ€™-(HE) Daly โ€˜Pushes our apparel revenues to next levelโ€™-Rishad (HE) Daly sets the record straight on GSP+ recovery EU-SL bilateral trade crosses $5 Bn in 2014 As bilateralmore

(From Indian Express: TALAIMANNAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday 14 March flagged off a train service at the north-western Sri Lankan town of Talaimannar โ€“ the closest point to India โ€“ restored after decades of civil war, completing the reconstruction of the entire Northern Province Railway Line.more

Lanka-Europe trade surpasses crucial $5Bn for the first time โ€™14โ€™s three biggest exports: Apparels, tyres & frozen fish โ€˜Am here to remove unpleasant tradeโ€™-EU Trade Vice-Chair Zahradil โ€˜Now sending monthly progress reports to EUโ€™-Rishad 69% of EU trade are exports from SL at $3.5Bn โ€˜Help us to solve fishery andmore

Sri Lanka steps up consumer relief efforts Four Cabinet Ministers call retail sector to obey New MRPs now in force More than 1000 detections by CAA! โ€˜Strict actionโ€™-Rishad โ€˜Call 1977 free-any time of day!โ€™ โ€“Jayawickreme Perera As reported incidences of consumer price violations increased, Sri Lanka stepped up its battlemore

OECD growth economy calls for Bilateral Investment Pact with Sri Lanka ย  Looking for Construction, Agri investments โ€˜Such a Pact will open the door for our investorsโ€™– (HE) Amb. Okyay โ€˜Good-letโ€™s also boost tradeโ€™-Rishad YoY Bilateral trade up by huge 34% In its first ever national level investment push onmore

ProFood-ProPack & Agribiz โ€™15 mega event announced in Colombo Processed food exports recover, then rise by 14%! Our packaging exports at $74 Mn-Rishad โ€˜Thanks for governmentโ€™s supportโ€™-Food Industry โ€˜Farm to the Table conceptโ€™-Agribiz Sri Lankaโ€™s food processing industry stands above the countryโ€™s apparel sector when it comes to value additionmore