Sri Lanka is in the process of negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Thailand while also carrying on similar negotiations with China, …
May 192018
May 182018
May 19, Colombo: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said no professionals in Sri Lanka will lose employment opportunity or be denied justice and …
May 182018
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen said that once the proposed FTA with China is completed the trade levels between …
May 162018
The Government Medical Officers’ Association says they will launch a one day token strike tomorrow (May 17) to protest against the Sri Lanka …
May 152018
Professionals led by Sri Lanka Engineers Association (SLEA) and United Professional Movement (UPM) and backed by the Organisation of …
May 082018
Sri Lanka’s joint opposition condemned the recently signed Free Trade Agreement between Singapore and Sri Lanka today. Speaking to press alongside the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman GL Peiris, MP Bandula Gunawardena said,. “When a Sri Lankan firm requests Singaproe for …
May 082018
“When a Sri Lankan firm requests Singapore for employees, be it carpenters, painters or masons, Singapore can send employees from other countries …
May 062018
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka and Thailand will begin talks on setting broad parameters for a free trade deal from May 2018, officials said. The scheduled for May 16, the ‘scoping’ meeting set out the agenda and the areas covering the free trade deal. Sri Lanka has expanded protectionism over the last …
Mar 212018
Bangladesh will sign a free trade agreement with Sri Lanka in October this year, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said. He said preparations are underway to strike the FTA with Sri Lanka and to identify products that each side will give duty concessions …
Feb 172018
Feb 17, Colombo: Thailand is keen to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka and the Commerce Ministry will seek cabinet approval for the negotiations, a top Thai government official says. Auramon Supthaweethum, Director-General of the Trade N…