Iran nuclear deal: US rejects EU plea for sanctions exemption
The US has rebuffed high-level pleas from the European Union to grant exemptions to European companies from its sanctions against…
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Sri Lanka calls for international assistance to support export-led industrialization
Sri Lanka has soft-launched an international support call for its export-led industrialization initiative, Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen…
EU recognizes Sri Lanka’s progress in protecting and enhancing human rights, urges zero tolerance for religious, ethnic hate crimes
The European Union recognizing the progress made by Sri Lanka in protecting and enhancing human rights and fundamental freedoms in…
GDPR: US news sites blocked to EU users over data protection rules
A number of high-profile US news websites are temporarily unavailable in Europe after new European Union rules on data protection…
World Bank financed Agriculture Modernization Project to increase agricultural productivity in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s agricultural productivity lags behind other South and East Asian countries and the World Bank has financed the Agriculture…
Sri Lanka apparel industry advised to look beyond GSP plus to new markets
While Sri Lanka’s apparel sector in 2018 has entered a breakthrough year in its history of exports following the reinstatement…
WhatsApp to raise minimum age limit to 16 in EU
Popular messaging service Whatsapp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union. Users must currently be at…
EU Court rules tortured Sri Lankan rebel eligible for ‘subsidiary protection’
The Court of Justice of the European Union on Tuesday hearing a case involving a member of Sri Lanka’s terrorist…
State Minister of Finance charges opposition of creating fear psychosis among would be investors
Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne says that the opposition, not happy to see the country recording the…
Sri Lanka to obtain World Bank, EU assistance to increase efficiency of public sector
The government of Sri Lanka plans to obtain financial assistance from world lenders to strengthen the state institutions dealing with…