Shrinking Wallets
Sept 08, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s clothing trade, which employs about a million workers, is opposing trade union efforts to jack up minimum monthly …
Sept 08, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s clothing trade, which employs about a million workers, is opposing trade union efforts to jack up minimum monthly …
Sept 08, 2006 (LBO) - Local businessmen have been asked to diversify exports to Pakistan outside of a few traditional commodities, and fast, to fully exploit …
Sept 05 (LBO) – India is drawing up a more favourable package for Sri Lankan garment exports to the country under the Indo-Lanka trade deal. Quotas on …
Sept 06 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has approved new terms to limit exports of vanaspathi vegetable oil to India, with the government hopeful that local factories will …
August 26, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is trying to clinch a free trade deal with Canada to push its apparel exports, with the industry also promised a …
August 23, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankan apparel exports to Europe grew by as much as 30 percent in June, as manufacturers made better use of tax breaks to the …
August 22, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankan manufacturers of vegetable oil vanaspati say unsold shipments are stuck in Indian ports and in local factories after …
August 21, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has set an end September deadline to implement commitments under its trade deals with India, Pakistan and other South …
The first sale of a license to operate a taxi service, through a call option, ended with no competitive bidding as only one buyer came forward, raising doubts …
August 11 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Board of Investment is to expand a selective list of exporters and importers who get Green Channel or speedy clearance …
Aug 9, 2006 (LBO) - Reporters Without Borders has called on both sides in Sri Lanka's civil war to see that journalists could continue reporting in areas of …
Aug 9, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's postal department is looking to provide agency financial services to boost revenue and reduce its operating deficit. online …
August 4, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and India have agreed to recognise product certificates issued in both countries, cutting down red tape and transaction …
August 03, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and India made a breakthrough in crisis talks held this week to resume duty free exports of vanaspati oil to India. online …
Aug 03 (LBO) – Sealed cable television company CBNSat said Thursday that they had won a court order for a two week test transmission and to service its …
August 01, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has agreed to extend ˜national treatment™ to Indian banks and allow them to employ up to six expatriate staff, when …
GENEVA, July 27, 2006 (AFP) - World Trade Organisation nations endorsed on Thursday suspension of free-trade negotiations after they collapsed on Monday, …
JAKARTA, July 27, 2006 (AFP) - Indonesian officials said Thursday they plan to install sirens on mobile phone towers to alert coastal areas to potential …
July 25 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is collecting all details of returnees from war torn Lebanon, to build up a stronger case in the event all affected people are …
July 25, 2006 (LBO) – India has said that few Sri Lankan vanaspati manufacturers have put in bids to resume exports of the vegetable oil, though both …