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Sri Lanka to make 13mn Sinovac vaccines: Treasury Secretary

A plant is being readied in Kundasale in Kandy to co-produce the vaccines.

June 7, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka to co-produce Sinovac vaccines: Minister

Plant being readied in Kundasale

May 27, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka PMI shows manufacturing, services drop in April

Covid-19 third wave hits activity except hotels

May 18, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka export firms to run with workers from outside Covid-19 lockdown areas

Export firms should operate a bio-secure bubble by ensuring secure transport and accommodation

May 16, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka shipbuilder battered in currency storm

Currency crises, global inflation, default pushes up costs and delays deliveries

Sri Lanka beer battle to froth after Heineken purchase

Will require new investments

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
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Sri Lanka's DSI to boost solid tyre sales, footware facing competition: Fitch

Sri Lanka DSI Samson group, a rubber products group is planning to boost solid tyre exports as it faces domestic competi...

February 27, 2018 7 min read

Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery December profits up 29-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery said profits grew 29 percent to 412.5 million rupees in the December 2017 quarter...

February 15, 2018 2 min read

Piramal Glass Sri Lanka unit December profit down 52-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Piramal Glass Ceylon PLC said net profit fell 52% to Rs97 million in the December 2017 quarter from...

February 15, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Hayleys Fibre profits surge on parked cash, margins shrink

ECONOMYNEXT - Interest income on bank deposits boosted profits by 91 percent to 17.2 million rupees at Sri Lanka's Hayle...

February 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Lanka Tiles net down 13.6-pct in Dec 2017

ProSri Lanka's protected Lanka Tiles profits fell 13.6 percent in the December 2017 quarter on shrinking margins, interi...

February 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dipped Products net up 85-pct in Dec 2017

Sri Lanka's Dipped Products Plc, which has interests in glove making and rubber tea plantations, said profits in the Dec...

February 1, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Teejay Lanka group net up 5-pct, helped by GSP+

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Teejay Lanka Plc, a knot fabric maker, said profits rose 5 percent to 496 million rupees in th...

January 27, 2018 1 min read

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January 23, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Serendib Flour Mills to raise capacity by 50-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Serendib Flour Mills will raise capacity by 50% to 1,500 MT a day by adding a new mill ...

January 16, 2018 1 min read

India – Sri Lanka CEAT Kelani JV in Rs3bn tyre plant expansion

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s CEAT Kelani Holdings will invest Rs3 billion to expand tyre manufacturing capaci...

January 11, 2018 1 min read