Biz Briefs

Central Bank regional office in Kilinochchi

A regional office of the Central Bank will be opened at Ariviyal Nagar in Kilinochchi by Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs, D M Swaminathan, on Wednesday.The guest of honour will be Deputy Minister of Policy Planning,Economic Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Harsha de Silva.

Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Provincial Council members, District Secretaries and Government officials and bankers will also be present.

Seminar on the stock market

The Stock market, regulations, good governance and new opportunities, will be the key topics that will come under discussion, at a seminar organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on Friday at 3.30 pm at the Chamber.

Deputy Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, Dhammika Perera, Head of Research, Colombo Stock Exchange, Nishantha Hewawitharana and Group Chief Executive Officer and Director, Candor Equities, Ravi Abeysuriya will be the resource persons.

Indo-Ceylon Economic Dialogue

The Federation of Chambers of Commerce in Sri Lanka together with MP Events Lanka (Pvt) Ltd have organised the third Indo-Ceylon Economic Dialogue (ICE 3) to mark the ninth Indian Trade Fair. This forum will be held on May 8, at 10.30 am at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre.

The aim is to open the doors for local business partners to seek potential Indian business partners.

Several sessions at this forum are expected to expand key areas of business strategies while reputed speakers of different Ministries and institutions will join to enrich the experience.

Sri Lanka goes on record as being the only country with Free Trade Agreements with both India and Pakistan, giving duty free access to over 1.3 billion consumers. The Indo - Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement which was signed on December 28, 1998 and came into effect on March 1, 2000, aims at

promoting economic linkages between India and Sri Lanka through the enhancement of bilateral trade and investment.