Vasu says Maithripala must divorce marriage with UNP

China actively promoting FTA deal with Sri Lanka

China is actively promoting Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with Sri Lanka, China’s Vice-Minister of Commerce Qian Keming said. He said China will continue to push forward free trade agreement talks with more than 20 economies along the Belt and Road Initiative this year after clinching 11 such deals in the region,?the China Daily reported. China will sign an FTA with Georgia and launch an FTA feasibility study with Mongolia during the Belt and Road Forum of International Cooperation in Beiji

11 May, 2017

TPG refuses to comment on pull out of SriLankan talks

US private equity firm TPG has refused to comment on its decision to withdraw from talks?to buy a 49 percent stake in state-owned SriLankan Airlines. “TPG declines to comment,” a?TPG spokesman told the Colombo Gazette in response to an email. TPG, one of three bidders short-listed to buy a 49 percent stake in SriLankan Airlines, had pulled out of talks about the potential acquisition. Sri Lanka has been looking to sell the minority stake in the airline along with management control, part of a

11 May, 2017

Nepal President consults leaders before Sri Lanka visit

The President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari has consulted leaders of major political forces before embarking on a visit to Thailand and Sri Lanka, onlinekhabar reported. President Bhandari is heading to two Asian nations on an official visit tomorrow (Friday). On the occasion, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Parliamentary Party Deputy Leader Subas Chandra Nembang, Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Deputy Prime Mini

11 May, 2017