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Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka to buy Heineken beer

Heineken brands to be produced by Distilleries

November 17, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Tess Agro opens tin can plant

Tess Agro said it commenced a tin can manufacturing at its factory premises in Kelaniya.

November 16, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka suspends licenses of five alcohol firms over unpaid taxes

The firms owed 6.7 billion rupees including fines

November 7, 2023 2 min read

VAT increase could reduce purchasing power: Ceylon Chamber

CCC raises concerns about VAT increase, says government should consider other options of increasing revenue.

November 3, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka auto workshops say they can fix state vehicles at a lower cost

Sri Lanka Automobile Service Association representing automobile repair workshops around the country say they could repa...

Chanka Jayasinghe
September 18, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka to set up new industrial zone for Gampaha-Kegalle

Sri Lanka will set up a new industrial zone in an area spanning the Gampaha and Kegalle districts with a dozens of indus...

September 17, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka PMI: manufacturing, services up August 2020 with Covid-19 control

A Purchasing Mangers' Index for July 2020 showed Sri Lanka's manufacturing and services continuing a recovery seen in Ju...

September 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka to set up pharmaceutical investment zone in Hambantota

Sri Lanka will set up a pharmaceuticals investment zone in Hambantota, under a government plan to produce 50 percent of ...

September 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka, UK duo looks to commercialize honey coated banana-fibre mask concept

Two Bahrain resident expatriates from Sri Lanka and Britain say they have conceived and are developing a honey coated, b...

Mahadiya Hamza
September 11, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka President says to permit gem mining in plantation company land

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had decided to give the go ahead for gem industry to mine lands under plantatio...

September 8, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's top alcohol maker sales down 12-pct in March 2020 quarter

Distilleries Corporation of Sri Lanka, the island's top arrack producer said sales fell 12 percent to 19.07 billion rupe...

September 5, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka to ban FMCG sachet packs, mulls banning 'quarter' alcohol bottles: report

Sri Lanka's environment ministry will take a final decision on banning 'quarter' arrack bottles this week while a decisi...

September 2, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka export agency to help get US and EU approval for Covid-19 nanotech

Sri Lanka's Export Development Board said it getting ready to help get approval from US and EU medical regulators for C...

August 27, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka renews efforts to draw British FDI

Sri Lanka's investment promotion office said it is ramping up efforts to draw UK investors and has had talks with the Br...

August 26, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka import competition controlled, crops banned, fish should be halted: President

Sri Lanka has already controlled imports competing with businessmen, farmers were protected, re-export of exportable pro...

August 21, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard wins Norway deal for bulk carriers

Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard Plc said it is getting ready to build six 5,000 dead weight tonne bulk hybrid carriers for ...

August 18, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka cigarette sales recovering fast from 38-pct plunge in Coronavirus lockdown

Ceylon Tobbacco Plc, a unit British American Tobacco that that has a monopoly in cigarette production said volumes fell ...

August 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka drug manufacturers welcome pharma state ministry

Sri Lanka's pharmaceuticals manufacturers have welcomed the appointment of a minister for the sector, saying they now ac...

August 13, 2020 2 min read

Fuelled by passion and innovation

Sri Lanka’s lockdown came swiftly, as a necessary measure to flatten the curve of COVID19. This put enormous pressure ...

July 28, 2020 7 min read

Sri Lanka PMI rebounds strongly in June as Coronavirus controls relaxed

Sri Lanka's manufacturing and services Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) has rebounded strongly for the second month in ...

July 16, 2020 2 min read

Autogroup Sri Lanka re-exports right hand drive US cars to Australia, UK

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July 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka President expects businessmen to produce goods after controlling imports

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had asked businesses to manufacture products including brooms and drugs after c...

June 23, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Ocean Lanka turns to PPE making, backs Coronavirus, elections workers

Sri Lanka-based Ocean Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, a top weft-knit weft fabric manufacturer said it is ramping up personal protectiv...

June 21, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lankans stock up, buy online in Covid-19 curfews, informal workers hard-hit: survey

Online purchasing and work from home had doubled in Sri Lanka and many people stocked more foods than earlier while thos...

June 19, 2020 2 min read