{"id":3587,"date":"2018-09-11T02:34:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T02:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:25:16","slug":"guest-lecture-on-possible-impacts-of-an-fta-on-the-sri-lankan-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/guest-lecture-on-possible-impacts-of-an-fta-on-the-sri-lankan-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Lecture on &#8220;Possible Impacts of an FTA on the Sri Lankan Economy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Business Economics always believes that the undergraduates should not only be given theoretical knowledge, but also practical application of such theory. Accordingly, the department organized a guest lecture on&nbsp;\u2018Possible Impacts of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) on the Sri Lankan Economy\u2019&nbsp;under the BEC 4324: International Economics course. This was held on the 28th&nbsp;August 2018 at the Munasinghe Hall. As the resource person, Prof. Sirimevan Colombage, Professor of the Open University of Sri Lanka shared his experience and insights on the theme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"3588\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0518.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0518-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0518-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"3589\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0544.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0544.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0544-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0544-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"3590\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0500-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0500-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"3591\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0506.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0506.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0506-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0506-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"3592\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0510.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0510.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0510-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0510-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"3593\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0514.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0514.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0514-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0514-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Business Economics always believes that the undergraduates should not only be given theoretical knowledge, but also practical application of such theory. Accordingly, the department organized a guest lecture on&nbsp;\u2018Possible Impacts of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) on the Sri Lankan Economy\u2019&nbsp;under the BEC 4324: International Economics course. This was held on the 28th&nbsp;August 2018 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-degree-programme-news","category-image-gallery","category-top-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_0544.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7odTZ-VR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12844,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587\/revisions\/12844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}