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The trade agreement is commonly brought up as an example of strong ties between the two nations. In January 2022, during his visit to Sri Lanka, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged to further develop bilateral relations between the two countries, "carrying forward the spirit of the Rubber-Rice Pact," noting that China has provided a large ...
Talks between China and Sri Lanka for a free trade agreement have hit major hurdles, mainly because Beijing will not agree to Colombo's demand for a review of the deal after 10 years, Sri Lanka's ...
Ranwala was employed at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), working at the Sapugaskanda Refinery.As a trade unionist in the JVP-affiliated Ceylon Petroleum Common Workers' Union, he was the convener of the Trade Union Collective for Conservation of Fuel Resources, leading protests against the state-owned CPC losing its monopoly to the Indian state-owned Lanka IOC in 2002. [2]
Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement with the Exim Bank of China on key terms and principles for restructuring its debt, a key step toward unlocking a second instalment of a $2.9 billion ...
Chinese petroleum giant Sinopec signed an agreement with Sri Lanka on Monday to enter the South Asian island country's retail fuel market as it struggles to resolve a worsening energy crisis amid ...
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signed a trade pact with Thailand on Saturday in a bid to boost trade and investment as the Indian ocean island nation is struggling to recover from its worst economic ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 9 November 2018 - 11 January 2019 Minister of Trade, Consumer Affairs, Co-operative Development and Christian Religious Affairs Daya Gamage: United National Party: 11 January 2019 - 22 November 2019 Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment Chamal Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna