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‘Sri Lanka gaining a name as a medical tourism brand’ – Rishad • ‘Sri Lanka gaining a name as a medical tourism brand’ – Rishad • High end tourists looking at Sri Lanka’s Ayurveda • Lanka’s per capita health expenditure at $ 175 • First INTRAD-Arogya twin expo now onmore

Lanka, Bahrain trade stronger-Rishad From Bahraini News Agency Sri Lanka seeks Bahraini investment in the hospitality sector, as the country needs to add 35,000 rooms by 2016. Tourist flow in 2013 was 1.2 million. That is expected to touch 2.5 million in 2016, said Rishad Bathiudeen, the Sri Lankan Ministermore

Q1 exports up by 16%, March alone jumps by 27%! • ‘Encouraging! Working towards 2020 goal’ – Rishad • 2014 Jan-March exports at $ 2.8 Bn • March only exports at $ 1.06 Bn, up by 27%! • Q1 Apparel exports up by 20% to $ 1257 Mn • Fisheries,more

‘Lanka closely monitoring EU’s trade policy’-Rishad • Bilateral trade with EU edges to $ 5 Bn • ‘Confident of Euro support for Bali Agreement’-Rishad • ‘Sri Lanka’s exports value addition remarkable’ – ECCSL’s Bell • ‘2014 – Q1 exports to EU at $ 896 Mn, rise by 16%’ – Rishadmore

Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen has filed a lawsuit against Bodu Bala Sena organisation claiming Rs 500 Mn (US $ 3.82 Mn) compensation on 07 May in Colombo. The case has been filed in Colombo District courts by lawyers representing Minister Bathiudeen. The statement issued by Minister Bathiudeenmore

Africa’s Switzerland hunting for Sri Lanka trade for the first time • Uniquely African virgin market ready to start with Tea, rice • “Welcome and partner with our apparels too!” – Rishad • “We want to move with SL in a more formal way” – (HE) Tsikoane The only countrymore

BBS can be more dangerous than LTTE – – Rishad Bathiudeen By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan Minister of Industry and Commerce, Rishad Bathiudeen, in an interview with Ceylon Today said, the pathological lies and abusive language used by the monks of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) about him, the Muslims and Islam,more

Settlers to be relocated soon, harmony to prevail By Manjula Fernando The Environment Conservation Trust Sri Lanka, an independent green NGO was the latest to join in the accusations against settlements in Wilpattu national park, one of six Ramsa Wetlands, designated by the UN last year for its ecological significance.more

Religious conflict: Special police unit won’t succeed without govt. backing – Bathiudeen, to The Island By Shamindra Ferdinando   [THE ISLAND, 28 APRIL, 2014] Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen yesterday said that the country would have to pay a very heavy price for the failure on the part ofmore