development in Sri Lanka – Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairsreport in The Island, May 31, 2023Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sun Weidong who called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on Tuesday (May 30) assured that China will increase investments in several areas such as agriculture, trade and commerce, ports and infrastructure development in Sri Lanka. He also said China will continue to provide economic assistance as well as support…
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report in The Daily Star, Mar 14, 2023The cabinet has permitted neighboring country Bhutan to use Bangladesh’s land and sea ports for the country’s import and export yesterday. The approval came from a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office today. “Bhutan is a landlocked country. They have no river or sea port of their own for import-export. Therefore, they get similar opportunities from India also. Now they are getting an…
by Buddhika Samaraweera and Buwanajee Coralage in The Morning, Feb 9 , 2023Warning of a series of actions against the newly introduced tax revisions, thousands of public servants representing several trade unions (TU) of many sectors, including petroleum, ports, water supply, electricity, health and education held a massive demonstration jointly in Colombo yesterday (8), while separate trade union actions, including strikes, were also launched urging the Government to revoke the tax revisions in question. Several…