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The majority of African economies (83%) rely on commodities – mainly cocoa, copper, gold, and oil – leaving them vulnerable to shocks such as pandemics and wars.

DHAKA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladeshi government on Wednesday signed agreements for a 143-million-U.S. dollar loan to

DHAKA, June 6, 2022 (BSS) - To make trading across borders easier for women-owned businesses, Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD),

Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) and WTO Cell, Ministry of Commerce organised a three-day long training on "Agriculture Negotiation" at the conference room of BFTI on 22 May. The training was held under the programme of Export Diversification and Competitiveness Development Project, reads a press release.  Md Hafizur Rahman, director general (additional

Gujarat has topped the NITI Aayogs Export Preparedness Index for the second time in a row

Minister Lokuge says there will be no price increase By Ifham Nizam Public Utilities Commission Chairman Janaka Ratnayake says the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) cannot go on making annual losses between Rs. 50 and 60 billion, and a electricity tariff hike will be inevitable. Speaking to The Island, the head of the power regulator stressed […]

… three medical students granted bail By Shamindra Ferdinando Seven persons, including the son of State Minister Arundika Fernando have been remanded till Feb 7 pending investigations into Tuesday night’s attack on a group of 4th year students after having forcibly entered the Ragama Medical Faculty of the Kelaniya University. Police headquarters identified the minister’s […]

By Chitra Weerarathne The Court of Appeal has dismissed a Writ Application filed by public litigation activist/lawyer Nagananda Kodituwakku, requesting the Court to issue a mandatory order to postpone the GCE Advanced Level Examination scheduled to commence next Tuesday (8). The bench comprised Justice Sobitha Rajakaruna. Kodituwakku told the Court that due to teachers’ strike […]

The Catholic Church has declared that it will not be represented by the Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at Independence day celebrations today (4) against the failure on the part of the government to punish those responsible for 2019 Easter Sunday attacks and the recent recovery of a hand grenade from All […]

The newly appointed High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to Malaysia Air Chief Marshal Sumangala Dias (retired) assumed duties at the Sri Lanka High Commission in Kuala Lumpur on 27 January, 2022. The government sent him to Malaysia after Canada and Italy refused to accept his appointment based on unsubstantiated war crimes allegations directed at the […]