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Sri Lanka Phosphate SOE taken out of industries ministry

Placed under Agriculture Ministry

June 20, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka manufacturing, services buckle in May as Coronavirus wave bites: PMI

Absenteeism hits manufacturing

June 20, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Brandix focusing on worker safety as exports face triple whammy

Though orders are picking, so is price competition

June 18, 2021 4 min read

Sri Lanka to vaccinate export zone workers from July: Namal

Health Ministry has approved

June 14, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka to raise fines after high inflation

Old fines do not match the recent substantial rises in prices of goods and services, only small fines are made: Minister

Sri Lanka Water Board makes Rs5.6bn rupee profit

Non-revenue water rise slightly

Rescom Mineral Trading wins Sri Lanka ilmenite deal

ECONOMYNEXT – United Arab Emirates-based Rescom Mineral Trading FZE has won a tender from Sri Lanka’s stat...

June 13, 2018 1 min read

Switzerland’s KUK Electronic mulls plant in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - KUK Electronic AG, a Swiss manufacturer of coils and electronics, is considering setting up a production p...

June 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Elephant House doubles ice cream output with new plant

ECONOMYNEXT – Ceylon Cold Stores, a unit of Sri Lankan conglomerate John Keells Holdings, said it has commissione...

May 31, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Piramal Glass March net down 56-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Piramal Glass Ceylon (PGC) said net profit fell 56% to Rs92 million in the March 2018 quarter from ...

May 28, 2018 2 min read

Indonesia's Gama and Melstacorp in Sri Lanka cement venture

Sri Lanka's Melstacorp Plc, said it is moving into the import and distribution of cement with Gama Corporation, an Indon...

May 25, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's MAS, other apparel firms in expansion drive

Sri Lanka's MAS group and several apparel firms are investing in boosting export production capacity, amid an overall in...

May 24, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Prima unit to set up US$28mn food plant

Ceylon Agro-Industries Ltd, a unit of Singapore based Prima group is setting up a 28 million US dollars plant to expand ...

May 23, 2018 1 min read

New solid waste disposal system for Sri Lanka export zone

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s investment promotion agency, the Board of Investment, plans to introduce a new s...

May 18, 2018 2 min read

IFC to finance Fairway Sri Lanka's waste-to-energy firm

Washington based International Finance Corporation said it is planning to help finance a 67 million US dollar waste-to-e...

May 18, 2018 1 min read

New beer tax policy brings cheer to Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery has praised the government’s new tax policy based on alcohol content, sayi...

May 18, 2018 3 min read
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Sri Lanka cigarette maker says sales up 11-pct in March quarter

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company said cigarette sales have grown 11 percent in the March 2018 quarter from a year earl...

May 16, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Haycarb net down 18 in March 2018

Sri Lanka-based Haycarb Plc, an activated carbon market which also produces in Thailand and Indonesia said profits fell ...

May 15, 2018 1 min read

Japan firm eyes electric three wheeler plant in Sri Lanka

Tokyo-based Future Science Research Inc, has expressed interest in starting an electric three wheeler factory in Sri Lan...

May 2, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Bogala Graphite back in profit in March quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan graphite miner Bogala Graphite bounced back into profit in the March 2018 quarter with n...

April 24, 2018 1 min read

India’s Mahindra eyes making small car with Sri Lanka’s Ideal Motors

ECONOMYNEXT – The joint venture assembly plant to be set up by Indian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (M&...

April 4, 2018 2 min read

India’s Mahindra to assemble vehicles with Sri Lanka’s Ideal Motors

ECONOMYNEXT – Indian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (M&M) said it will invest up to Rs250 million to for...

March 27, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka ceramic export potential seen in niche products

Sri Lanka ceramic export potential seen in niche products ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan ceramic manufacturers should ...

Rohan Gunasekera
March 15, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to expand river water quality monitoring

ECONOMYNEXT – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has advised Sri Lankan authorities to extend a water ...

March 6, 2018 1 min read

Dadlani new Managing Director of Sri Lanka’s CEAT Kelani

ECONOMYNEXT - Ravi Dadlani, Vice President Sales, Marketing & Exports at CEAT Kelani Holdings, has been appointed the jo...

March 5, 2018 1 min read

Sierra Cables Plc, wins Rs872mn power cable deal

Sri Lanka's Sierra Cables Plc, a publicly traded company had won an 872 million rupee deal to supply cables to state-run...

March 4, 2018 1 min read