Sri Lanka, March 14 -- Strengthening and sustaining the long-standing friendly bilateral economic partnership between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is vital for increasing efforts to harness the full potential of trade and investment between the two countries, says High Commissioner Dharmapala Weerakkody.

The Sri Lankan envoy made these remarks when he called on the newly appointed Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. Hasan Mahmud in Dhaka on Monday.

He highlighted that the relations between the two countries have prevailed for centuries and the people-to-people contacts have been growing stronger over the years.

Underscoring the need to find new avenues to further improve trade and investment and pave the way for two-way partnerships to deve...