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Sri Lanka nautical tourism to sail beyond the beach with boat show

Pleasure boating, leisure fishing and marine engineering on view

August 10, 2021 4 min read

Sri Lanka manufacturing, service start to recover in June 2021

Third wave led to a dip in May

July 16, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEAT Kelani radial tyre capacity raised amid money printing, import controls

Radial capacity up over 30-pct in 2021

July 12, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka retailers seek utility relief, re-opening of closed outlets

The SLRA has also requested permission to re-open some of the sectors that are currently closed.

July 7, 2021 2 min read
Fonterra to exit or sell down Sri Lanka unit

To keep ingredient and food service supply divisions

Sri Lanka owned UAE firm claims first Hummer EV conversion to right hard drive

The firm has shifted operations to Ras Al-Khaimah in the UAE

New businesses to add over 1,300 jobs in northern Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Fourteen new businesses coming up in northern Sri Lanka will create over 1,300 jobs in the former w...

September 3, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka 's Lion Brewery June net up 134-pct

Profits at Sri Lanka's listed Lion Brewery grew 134 percent from a year earlier to 737.7 million rupees in the June 2018...

August 15, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Index of industrial production up 0.4-pct in June

Production in Sri Lanka’s industrial sector increased by 0.4 percent in June 2018 from a year earlier, data from ...

August 13, 2018 1 min read

Piramal Glass Sri Lanka unit June net down 55-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Piramal Glass Ceylon said net profit fell 55% to Rs47 million in the June 2018 quarter from a year ...

August 13, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco net up 47-pct, volumes grow

Profits at Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc, a unit of British American Tobacco grew 47 percent in the June 2018 q...

August 9, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Haycarb June net down despite higher sales

Sri Lanka’s coconut shell-based activated carbon manufacturer Haycarb said net profit fell six percent to 101 mil...

August 9, 2018 1 min read

Delayed municipal polls hit Sri Lanka construction, cement industry

Delayed elections in local government bodies, had had a cascading effect on the construction industry in 2017, compoundi...

August 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to add 31 factories to Mirigama export zone

Sri Lanka is expanding an industrial zone in Mirigama in the north central region to accommodate 31 more foreign investe...

August 7, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lankan industry wants more budget support for rubber production

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan manufacturers of natural rubber products have urged the government to allocate more mone...

August 2, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka motor vehicle population up 7-pct to 7.2M: report

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's motor vehicle population grew 7 percent from a year earlier to 7.2 million in 2017, the Ceylon...

July 31, 2018 1 min read
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Sri Lanka's Ceylon Cold Stores June quarter net falls 65-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Profits of Sri Lanka's listed Ceylon Cold Stores fell 65 percent to 238.9 million rupees in the June 2018 ...

July 25, 2018 2 min read

Indian experts to help upgrade Sri Lanka tyre making

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan has got the help of Indian experts to improve tyre manufacturing processes and develop n...

July 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka industrial activity picks up in May

ECONOMYNEXT- Industrial activity in Sri Lanka picked up in May 2018 compared to a year ago, with higher production in th...

July 17, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Loadstar to be part of Michelin with Camso take-over

Sri Lanka tyre maker Loadstar, is set to become part of Michelin, with its parent being taken over by the French group, ...

July 16, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lankan glass manufacturer looks overseas as local sales fall

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lankan glass bottle manufacturer, Piramal Glass Ceylon Plc, is turning to overseas markets as local sal...

July 13, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Adam Investment back in profit in March 2018 quarter

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's listed Adam Investments which is undergoing restructuring, reported earnings of 5.3 million ru...

July 11, 2018 2 min read

India’s Pidilite Industries opens adhesive factory in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Pidilite Industries Limited, an Indian adhesive and construction chemical company, has commissioned...

July 11, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Uswatte Confectionary to double revenues with biscuit push

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's privately owned Uswatta Confectionery Works is venturing into the crowded domestic biscuits ma...

July 10, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka beer sales to grow slowly in 2018, currency fall to hit buying power

Sri Lanka’s legal producers will continue claw back market share from illicit hard liqour following a change in t...

July 2, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lankan businesses gain protection from influence, not strategic value: IMF

ECONOMYNEXT – Some of Sri Lanka’s most protected companies gained their protection through high tariffs an...

June 22, 2018 3 min read