Sri Lanka rights activists Tuesday asked the island’s top court to reject a presidential order that restored a decades-old ban on women buying or selling alcohol, calling the move discriminatory. The historic ban was overturned by Sri Lanka’s finance minister earlier this month but was reinstated just days …
Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed its first comprehensive two-way free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore, aiming to expand its export market and boost investment amid heavy debt and diminishing export demand from Western nations and Europe. Both countries’ trade ministers signed the deal at an …
Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran (below-L) signs the bilateral free trade agreement with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama (below-R) as Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (above-L) and Sri Lankan President …
By Shihar AneezCOLOMBO, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed its first comprehensive two-way free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore, aiming to……
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, left, shakes hands with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka on January … “It signals to the world that the country is moving to a new era in international trade and investment,” Sri Lanka’s trade ministry said in a statement.
Sri Lanka opener Hasitha Boyagoda and left-arm spinner Haren Buddila lead a brutal rout of Kenya, of 311 runs in the ninth place playoff in Lincoln. Boyagoda racked up the highest score in Under-19 ODIs, scoring 191 off 152 balls, as he took Sri Lanka …
COLOMBO, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka and Singapore on Tuesday signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed at boosting trade and investment between the two countries. The signing of the FTA took place following bilateral discussions held between the vis…
The much looked forward to Free Trade Agreement between Sri Lanka and Singapore was signed at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (Jan. 23). The Free Trade Agreement is expected to boost the trade between the two countries as it would facilit…
A Guard of Honour was presented to the visiting Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong by Sri Lanka Army troops, today (23rd Tuesday, January). The Guard of Honour was held at the Presidential Secretariat this morning during the formal state recep…
ECONOMYNEXT – Two fundamental rights petitions have been filed challenging the ban by Sri Lanka’s government on women buying liquor from taverns and working where alcohol is made, with one saying it violates the country’s international legal obligations. The petitions have challenged the validity …