Says Indian Minister Sharma at CEO Forum

 

India is committed to award special preferential treatment for Sri Lanka ‘without seeking any reciprocity in return’ and is also ‘very keen’ to enter Lanka’s ports, airport and energy-related infrastructure projects.


 “We are following the principle of asymmetry to which we are committed so that there is special preferential treatment for Sri Lanka without India seeking any reciprocity. I made this abundantly clear. And it is  now left to Sri Lankan and Indian businesses to take up this opportunity and also to take it forward from here,” said visiting Indian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma, who was recently in Colombo heading a high profile Indian delegation.

 Leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF), Minister Wimal Weerawansa, admitted the country cannot completely do away ...

The government has slashed the fertilizer subsidy by 33%, but has not provided an alternate solution, farmer organizations alleged.

The Exchange Control Department of the Central Bank, said individuals and corporates were permitted to invest funds overseas, while maintaining off-shore ...

Prassana Vithanage's seventh feature film Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With you, without you) will have its Russian premier at the 35th Moscow International Film ...

Eighty people were detained by the Sri Lanka Navy yesterday for attempting to illegally migrate to Australia.

The National Unity Alliance (NUA), today claimed the only reason the government took   immediate action taken against North Western Provincial ...

Inviting the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) with their concerns regarding the 13th Amendment to the ...

Three persons have died, while two children are in a critical condition when a bus carrying over 70 children had fallen off a cliff along the Nuwara- Eliya ...

The student who had stabbed a female lecturer of the Law Faculty at the Open University in Nawala today has been arrested by the Mirihana Police, the Police ...

UPDATED -A female lecturer from the Law Faculty of the Open University in ...

UPFA MP Duminda Silva arrived in Parliament a short while ago, after an absence of one- and –a- half- years.

Supporters of UPFA MP Duminda Silva have gathered around Parliament roundabout to welcome the MP, who will be arriving in Parliament in a short ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed all Ministers and MPs of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to cancel their foreign tours and devote time for the ...

Puttalam District UPFA MP Arundika Fernando has been ordered by the Homagama Magistrate to appear before Court on 16 July to provide evidence over ...