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Coca Cola Sri Lanka returns to re-usable glass bottles in currency crisis

There is shrinkage in consumer spending and people are making choices

October 21, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka President calls for steady national policies

Opens phama laboratory

October 11, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka firm launches low-cost sanitary napkins for schoolgirls in currency crisis

Pack to sell at Rs140

October 4, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka CAA raw material control orders to private firms

If excess stocks are found the companies the CAA will decide what to do with the stocks.

September 1, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard seeking strategic investment

Actively seeking potential investors who can revitalize the company and ensure its long-term sustainability

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
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India's Mahindra starts vehicle assembly at Sri Lanka JV plant

Vehicle assembly at a joint venture plant by India's Mahindra & Mahindra and Sri Lanka's Ideal Motors was flagged off by...

August 17, 2019 1 min read

Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka net up 56-pct

Profits at Distilleries Corporation of Sri Lanka Plc, the island's largest alcohol producer, grew 56 percent to 1.66 bil...

August 15, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka industrial activity grows in June

Sri Lanka's industrial activity grew 2.2 percent in June 2019 from a year earlier, with a growth in petroleum refining, ...

August 9, 2019 2 min read

Chevron Lubricants unit profits down 13-pct in June quarter amid flat Sri Lanka revenues

Profits at Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc, a unit Chevron. fell 13 percent from a year earlier to 439 million rupees in th...

August 6, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Piramal Glass profits down over upgrade

Piramal Glass Plc, a Sri Lanka based publicly traded unit of India's Piramal group said profits in the June 2019 quarter...

August 5, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka Hayleys MGT profits sharply up in June quarter

Profits at Sri Lanka's Hayleys Plc, a fabric maker grew to 227 million rupees in the June 2019 quarter from 16 million r...

July 30, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka standards limiting eco-friendly cement production

Ceilings set on clinker substitutes such as slag by Sri Lanka Institute of Standards, is blocking eco-friendly producti...

July 30, 2019 2 min read

Fly ash cement grabs over third of sales at Sri Lanka's Tokyo Cement

Tokyo Cement Plc said its blended hydraulic cement made with fly ash from Sri Lanka's coal power plants has made rapid m...

July 25, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka industrial activity recovers in May

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka’s industrial activity recovered in May after slumping to a three-year low in April 2019, w...

July 12, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks to promote science, technology, help innovators find investors

ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s ministry of science, technology and research will hold an exhibition, “Shil...

July 12, 2019 2 min read