Reportedly, the first of them arrived in Sri Lanka in 1870. Manna Seth was a pedlar of textiles in Jaffna before he set up a business in Pettah. Others like him came to the country, tempted by its ...

Earlier this year, when the much-awaited ferry service between India and Sri Lanka was relaunched ... Nagapattinam became a hub for textile exports to Jaffna. For years, the Dutch imposed a ...

The UK-Sri Lanka Trade Mission concluded its Jaffna programme on December 4, offering a significant boost to women entrepreneurs in the Northern region by connecting them with UK buyers and ...