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Sri Lanka's bakers want price controls on poultry farmers in shortage solution

Egg price is rs.65 and flour per kg is rs.310.

August 14, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Teejay Lanka net up 9-pct amid margin pressure

Teejay Lanka Plc, said net profits grew 9 percent 826 million rupee in the March 2022 quarter

May 28, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka's forex crisis enters washroom with queues for soaps, detergents

Most raw materials for soaps and detergents are imported and steep rupee fall is taking the toll - manufacturers

May 6, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka to give defunct state paper factory, 111-acre land on 30-year lease

The cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal by Industries Minister to formally lease the land

March 1, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery in talks with Diageo to license foreign brands

Lion Brewery already license produces Guinness from Diageo

Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery eyes export boost with innovative beers

A Rs4bn hi-tec brewery with a small production run allows the firm to innvoate new beers

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
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Sri Lanka stationery maker Atlas in South East Asia push

Atlas Axilia, a top stationery manufacturer in Sri Lanka, is planning to grow exports to South East Asia, where it may a...

July 5, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lankan unit of Piramal Glass invests Rs.1.3bn to expand export production

Piramal Glass Ceylon Plc (PGC), Sri Lanka's glass bottle manufacturer, has invested 1.3 billion rupees on a new bottling...

July 5, 2019 2 min read

South Korean investor expands packaging manufacture in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – A South Korean investor making labels and hand tags in Sri Lanka is expanding its packaging manufac...

June 27, 2019 1 min read

INSEE Ecocyle to manage waste at Sri Lanka industrial zone till 2035

INSEE Ecocycle Lanka, a unit of INSEE Cement will operate a waste management facility at an industrial zone in till 2035...

June 25, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka industrial activity falls to 3-yr low in April amid Easter terror

Industrial activity in Sri Lanka slumped to a 3-year low in April 2019, as traditional holidays, followed by the Easter ...

June 11, 2019 2 min read

KPMG Sri Lanka to unveil global CEO survey report

Audit firm KPMG International’s Sri Lanka unit said it will release the results of a global CEO survey in Colombo...

June 11, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka producers suggests tax cut for incremental exports after Easter Sunday attack

Sri Lanka's exporters are looking to export excess goods produced and not consumed in the post-Easter Sunday economy, a ...

May 27, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Lion Beer gives profit warning on blasts, taxes

Sri Lanka's Lion Beer Plc said it expected a downturn in tourism after Easter Sunday blasts to hit revenues and also war...

May 18, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's industrial activity grows in March

Sri Lanka's industrial activity had grown 11.8 percent in March 2019 from a month earlier, as the country prepared for t...

May 13, 2019 2 min read

Lion Brewery seeks to cut costs, boost exports in post-terror Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's largest beer manufacturer, Lion Brewery Ceylon Plc, is looking to cut costs and boost exports after a fall i...

May 7, 2019 3 min read