Sri Lanka and Bangladesh agree to expedite trade and investment talks

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have agreed to speed up ongoing negotiations aimed at expanding bilateral trade and investment. The commitment came up when Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dharmapala Weerakkody paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir at the ministry in Dhaka, according to a ministry press release.

Kobir stressed the need to put into practice the decisions reached at the fourth Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Foreign Office Consultation, held in Colombo in November 2025. He said both countries, under their new leaderships, were pursuing nation-building through pragmatic approaches. The next round of Foreign Office Consultations is scheduled for Dhaka.

Both sides expressed optimism about deepening relations through enhanced economic engagement and trade and investment cooperation.