Fifty-five members from Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry will embark on a week-long visit to Sri Lanka in a bid to improve trade relations with the Tamil-dominant Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka, the Hindu reported.
A statement from the chamber said that the delegation will meet C.V. Vigneswaran, Chief Minister of the Northern Province, and Z.A. Nazeer Ahamed, Chief Minister of the Eastern Province. The delegation will also participate in trade conferences, “Invest in the East 2016” and “Jaffna International Trade Fair 2016,” to be held in the Northern and Eastern provinces respectively.
Pointing out that trade between the two countries had grown tremendously after the free trade agreement in 2000, the chamber said that prospects were better for trade in garments, engineering goods, motor spare parts, building materials, chemicals and handicrafts.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Read this week’s Sunday Times for your interesting articles including the ’’5th Column’’.
Leave Comments