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Sri Lanka sugar firms burying ethanol after currency collapse, taxes: Minister

Legal alcohol producers are not buying ethanol produced at state-run sugar firms and material is piling up

October 23, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka suspends soft alcohol licences to hotels pending court case

Sri Lanka’s Excise Department suspended soft alcohol licenses issued to hotels and restaurants registered with SLTPB.

October 19, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to introduce social security system: minister

The system will address weaknesses of the current system and provide much-needed support to workers and their families

September 27, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to optimize investments in mineral resources

These resources have the potential to yield significant value through the production of value-added goods.

September 26, 2023 3 min read
Sri Lanka to promote privately run industrial zones

Eco-industrial parks which focus on sustainable practices to be promoted

Sri Lanka manufacturing, services rebounds sharply in May from Coronavirus plunge: PMI

Manufacturing activity has rebounded strongly in May as Sri Lanka emerged from a Coronavirus crisis with some firms swit...

June 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka recycled plastics exporter sees brush demand, but yarn tied down by Covid-19

Sri Lanka’s BPPL Holdings Plc, a recycled plastics firm said export demand for the brush sector was still strong but ...

June 3, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka aluminium firm expects 40-pct market drop on Covid hit

Sri Lanka's market for aluminium extrusions is expected to drop 40 percent due to the hit on the property sector from C...

June 1, 2020 2 min read

President hangs tough over ban on Ethanol imports

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is saying his decision to ban the import of Ethanol will stand and he “will not rescind t...

Arjuna Ranawana
May 15, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka streamlines sand, mineral transport licenses

Sri Lanka's Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) said new licenses for the transport of sand and other minerals wou...

Chanka Jayasinghe
May 8, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka listed companies hit by Coronavirus, some firms resume work

Sri Lanka's publicly traded companies have said Coronavirus and curfews had badly hit their cashflows and revenues but s...

May 7, 2020 11 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus health rules for factory, manufacturing businesses

Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has issued the following guidelines for manutfacturing industries that operate amid Coronavi...

May 2, 2020 5 min read

Sri Lanka auto service providers warns of job losses, breakdowns over import controls

Sri Lanka Automobile Service Providers’ Association (SLASPA) has warned of up to a half a million job losses after pai...

Chanka Jayasinghe
April 27, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka rubber exports retains bounce on Coronavirus crisis

Sri Lanka's rubber sector has got a bounce from Coronavirus with glove capacity sold out, strong demand for from agricul...

Mahadiya Hamza
April 26, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka issues permits during Coronavirus curfew to start mineral exports

Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) said it had started issuing permits for firms that are shipping minerals out o...

April 12, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka to allow factories in low Coronavirus-risk areas to open

Sri Lanka will allow factories in low-risk areas and export processing zones to operated subject to health regulations d...

Imesh Ranasinghe
April 11, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka apparel industry appeals for re-opening, salary support over Coronavirus crisis

Sri Lanka's apparel industry has asked for early re-opening of factories to avoid competitors taking their business, sus...

April 9, 2020 7 min read

Sri Lanka bootleg mushrooms during Corona curfew

The manufacture of moonshine has spiked in Sri Lanka as a nation-wide indefinite curfew slapped to contain COVID-19 was ...

April 9, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka business leaders slash their pay 60-pct over Coronavirus

Senior executives of top business groups in Sri Lanka have taken up to 60 per cent salary cuts as Coronavirus kills sale...

April 7, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka closes export industrial zones over coronavirus

Sri Lanka has closed export industrial zones and sent workers home as part of efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic,...

March 27, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka rubber industry calls for state support

Sri Lanka's rubber producers, who export nearly 1 billion US dollars annually, is calling for state support during the ...

March 26, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka declares three districts as "high risk" for COVID19; organises home delivery of essentials

Sri Lanka has declared three districts including that of the capital Colombo as high risk for the spread of COVID19 and ...

March 24, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Prima Ceylon gives 222MT of wheat, poultry for Coronavirus quarantine drive

Sri Lanka's Prima Ceylon, a unit of Singpapore based Prima group has donated over 220 ttonnes of wheat flour, chicken, s...

March 24, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka expects apparel orders to recover; Coronavius hit on exports US$500mn in 2Q

Sri Lanka is expecting to lose 500 million US dollars of apparel exports from March to June 2020, as an outbreak of Cor...

Mahadiya Hamza
March 7, 2020 4 min read

Nestlé Sri Lanka unit Dec profits fall on lower sales

The Sri Lankan unit of food and beverage multinational Nestlé said profits for the December quarter fell 17.2 percent t...

March 3, 2020 1 min read