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Sri Lanka’s Litro Gas hikes cooking gas price by 7.5-pct

Litro Gas is raising fuel through a price formula every month to prevent losses and borrowings

February 5, 2023 1 min read

Indian yarn smuggled to Sri Lanka in currency crisis too expensive: Minister

Department of Textiles looking at import substitutes

December 1, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka mulls hi-tech circulator buses without conductor: Minister

Quality of public buses is low - except on expressways - due to regulated pricing and a rigid licensing system.

October 27, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka to end import bans on cosmetics, motor spares: Minister

Following appeals bans on 708 items had been lifted

October 22, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka's China-backed Hambantota industrial park gets mattress export firm

Firms in the industrial zone will be able to use the container terminal in the Hambantota Port

Michelin sells two plants in Sri Lanka to India's CEAT

Camso brand also sold to CEAT after three-year licensing period

Sri Lanka food industries should disclose risks promptly: Health official

Food industries should disclose any risks or hazards they encounter promptly to prevent bigger problems and loss of trus...

Chanka Jayasinghe
November 27, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka cement production picks up

Sri Lanka's domestic cement production has risen 26.6 percent from a year earlier to 2.31 million tonnes in the first se...

November 25, 2019 1 min read

Qualified people to head Sri Lanka SOEs, president says

Only qualified and experienced people will be appointed to head Sri Lanka's statutory bodies and State-Owned Enterprises...

November 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka tableware industry seeks kaolin mining revival

Sri Lankan ceramic tableware manufacturers are trying to revive kaolin or china clay mining to reduce reliance on import...

November 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Ocean Lanka sees revenues grow, backed by cleaner production

Sri Lanka's Ocean Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, the island's largest weft-knitted fabric factory is boosting revenues as it ties up w...

Chanka Jayasinghe
November 20, 2019 2 min read

Piramal Glass Sri Lanka unit back in profit in Sept quarter

The Sri Lankan unit of India's Piramal Glass returned to profits in the September 2019 quarter with net earnings of 74 m...

November 15, 2019 1 min read

Festive demand boosts Sri Lanka factory output, automation hits service jobs

Sri Lanka’s factory production increased in October propelled by food and beverage manufacturing to meet festive deman...

November 14, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka recycling 30-pct of waste plastic, producing apparel, exports

Sri Lanka is re-cycling 30 percent of its waster plastic including waste washing up on its shores, into fabric and brush...

Mahadiya Hamza
November 12, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dipped Products Sept quarter net up 51-pct

Sri Lankan rubber gloves maker Dipped Products' net profit rose 51 percent to 231 million rupees in the September 2019 q...

November 5, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's BPPL expects yarn orders to offset softer brush sales

Sri Lanka's BPPL Holdings Plc, a brush and yarn maker using recycled plastics said profits grew 24 percent in the Septem...

October 29, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's RIOCOCO coir-fibre medium group recognized at global awards

Ceyhinz Link International Inc, part of Sri Lanka based RIOCOCO coir fibre growth medium group and its chief executive h...

October 27, 2019 1 min read

Melstacorp, Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka 'AAA(lka)' ratings confirmed

Fitch Ratings has confirmed the ratings of Sri Lankan conglomerate, Melstacorp, and its subsidiary, Distilleries Company...

October 23, 2019 8 min read

Flood warning for Kelani River near Sri Lankan capital Colombo

Sri Lanka has issued a flood warning to residents of low lying areas on the Kelani River, which runs north of the capita...

October 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s industrial production up 2.5-pct in August 2019

Industrial sector activity in Sri Lanka grew 2.5 percent in August 2019 from a year earlier, with a growth in manufactur...

October 17, 2019 1 min read

AmSafe Bridport expands Sri Lanka factory with US$2.3mn investment

AmSafe Bridport (Pvt) Ltd., an American firm making cargo pallet nets and other gear for aircraft, has expanded its fact...

October 8, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka Industry activity continues growth in July

Sri Lanka’s industrial activity grew 2.1 percent in July 2019 from a year earlier, with a growth in manufacture of pap...

September 18, 2019 2 min read

Colombo Dockyard gets third pilot launch order from Sri Lanka port

State-run Sri Lanka Port Authority is to award a deal to build a pilot vessel to Colombo Dockyard Plc, a Colobo publicly...

September 18, 2019 1 min read

Japanese packaging firm to set up plant in Sri Lanka

Japan’s Sugano Packing Materials Co., Ltd., is to set up a plant in Sri Lanka to make flexible packaging that will be ...

September 9, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lankans taking more drugs after price controls, sales rocket: Rajitha

Sales of better quality drugs are soaring after price controls...... Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said

Chanka Jayasinghe
August 27, 2019 2 min read

Korea funds Sri Lanka vocational training facility for hi-tech industry

Sri Lanka Wednesday opened a technical and vocational education facility in Colombo built with South Korean funds that i...

August 21, 2019 2 min read