Sri Lankan Prime Ministers Beijing Visit an Invitation for Chinese Strategic Expansion
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Six months before the presidential elections, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena visited China to meet Chinese Premier Li Qiang. During the meeting, Li Qiang said, “China…
Workers’ Remittances Inflows Off to a steady start in January
Workers’ remittances inflows jumped 11.4 percent Year-on-Year (Yoy) to $487.6 million in January this year, slightly below US$ 570 million recorded in festive December last year and failing to cross…
Geopolitical Storm in Red Sea, Sri Lanka joins the US-led campaign to fight Houthis
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera A perfect geopolitical storm is churning the waters in three geographies: the Black Sea due to the Ukraine war, the Red Sea due to the Houthis and…
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Trade Ties: Issues and Prospects
By Muhammad Estiak Hussain Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are two friendly neighbors from South Asia. Although the formal diplomatic relations were established in 1972, the relationship goes beyond that dating…
Sri Lanka And Bangladesh Keen To Import Ethanol From India
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are keen to start importing ethanol from India. Nitin Gadkari, India’s Minister of Road and Transport Highways announced that the issue has already been discussed with…
Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’ Forum holds the second AGM after serving the country’s crisis-hit agricultural sector as a professional agri-entrepreneurial organization
As the country’s agriculture sector starts to recover, Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’ Forum (SLAF) held its 2nd Annual General Meeting on 31st August 2022 at the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka,…
UN Secretary-General Calls Governments to tax ‘Immoral’ Profits of Oil and Gas Companies
As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, skyrocketing energy prices are compounding an existential cost-of-living crisis for hundreds of millions of people, warned the UN Secretary-General’s Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG)…
Airlines cuts capacity and import cargo amidst jet fuel crisis
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and lack of fuel has resulted in airlines cutting capacity to the country and embargoing inbound cargo. The lack of passengers and fuel, which airlines have…
War in Ukraine raises global shipping costs, stifles trade – UNCTAD
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says the war in the Ukraine is stifling trade and logistics of the country and the Black Sea region, increasing global vessel…
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka plans to deploy Army, Civil Defense Force, and Prisoners to cultivate food
In the face of the current food crisis, the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation, Mahinda Amaraweera announced that plans are underway to deploy Army…