{"id":5446,"date":"2026-04-08T12:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:38:40","slug":"slmbc-holds-business-networking-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/slmbc-holds-business-networking-session\/","title":{"rendered":"SLMBC holds business networking session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sri Lanka\u2013Malaysia Business Council (SLMBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce hosted a business networking session recently at Marine Bay, Colombo, in collaboration with a visiting delegation from the Malaysian Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI), Penang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 16-member delegation, representing 16 diverse companies, was led by Dato\u2019 S. Parthiban, President of MICCI Penang. The session provided a valuable platform for Sri Lankan and Malaysian businesses to engage in meaningful discussions, explore potential partnerships, and identify new avenues for collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key sectors represented included aviation services, food manufacturing, halal-certified products, ICT infrastructure, software solutions, energy, waste management and trade. Discussions highlighted a strong mutual interest in expanding bilateral trade, particularly in areas such as sustainable products, integrated food solutions, and technology-driven services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proceedings commenced with a welcome address by&nbsp; Marshad Barry, President of the Sri Lanka\u2013Malaysia Business Council, who warmly welcomed the delegation and emphasized the importance of strengthening commercial and institutional ties between Sri Lanka and Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was followed by remarks from Dato\u2019 S. Parthiban, who shared valuable insights on partnership opportunities, trade expansion, and cross-border business engagement between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Daily News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka\u2013Malaysia Business Council (SLMBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce hosted a business&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5448,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions\/5448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}