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Friday November 13th, 2026
General Industry

Sri Lanka's JKCG sells over 6,000 BYDs, orders for 3,800 amid EV customs dispute

Delivers 3,700 vehicles to customers

November 5, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka sitting on billion dollars of mineral mining proposals

Investors were awaiting a policy framework from the government

October 23, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka could extend geographic indication to king coconuts, handicrafts

Ceylon Cinnamon and Ceylon Tea the first GI certified products

October 20, 2025 2 min read

Shareholder ok sought to give Sri Lanka Dockyard's Onomichi rights to Mazagon

Onomichi not to subscribe and not to renounce

October 15, 2025 1 min read
Sri Lanka looking to set up gold refinery amid import block

"We can then sell it to our craftspersons, give some to the central bank and re-export the rest."

Cyclone Ditwah hits 13,698 Sri Lanka businesses, hotline given

Businesses damaged by Ditwah urged to report on website, hotline

US buyers waiting for clarity on Trump tariffs before shifting out of Sri Lanka

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May 6, 2025 3 min read

Sri Lanka gross profits rise to $106mn in 2024 as Fonterra explores IPO

Sri Lanka operations included exports to Bangladesh, the Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles,

March 16, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka's MAS breaks ground on Odisha, India plant

MAS Holdings plans to begin apparel production at the Odisha facility in 2026

March 6, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka apparel exporters urge robust VAT refunds to avoid SVAT removal hit

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February 21, 2025 4 min read

Sri Lanka's COYLE welcomes budget

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February 20, 2025 3 min read

Sri Lanka to promote privately run industrial zones

Eco-industrial parks which focus on sustainable practices to be promoted

February 17, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery says volumes 'soft' after Jan tax hike, profits up in Dec Q

Lion says it is on track to pay Rs96bn in taxes to the state, making up 3-pct of the total

February 15, 2025 2 min read

Japanese firms in Sri Lanka optimistic on 2025 performance, more than India, Vietnam

About 21.4 percent of firms expected operating profits to remain the same

February 12, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka to import 200mn coconuts worth kernels

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February 5, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka to provide 50,000 acres of land for industry, expand tiny allocation

By 2030 Sri Lanka wanted to increase land allocated for industry up to 1 percent,

February 3, 2025 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Teejay sees higher fabric demand from China, Bangladesh shift

Goblal cotton prices were stable, the firm sai

January 31, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka price controlled canned fish amid excess capacity: Minister

There is an import tax of Rs200 a kilo (about 680 dollars a tonne)

January 14, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka minister wants price controls on maize ethanol to protect state enterprise

But parties are making ethanol from maize for around 173 rupees a litre

January 6, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka government firm can make a lower cost arrack for people: Minister

Government to scientifically produce high quality alcohol

January 4, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed Hambantota industrial park gets mattress export firm

Firms in the industrial zone will be able to use the container terminal in the Hambantota Port

December 20, 2024 1 min read

Michelin sells two plants in Sri Lanka to India's CEAT

Camso brand also sold to CEAT after three-year licensing period

December 6, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka minister plans to lift VAT on brown sugar made at expropriated SOE plants

Ethanol is also not sold amid weak legal alohol sales

December 6, 2024 3 min read
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Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard seeking strategic investment

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

December 6, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery in talks with Diageo to license foreign brands

Lion Brewery already license produces Guinness from Diageo

December 4, 2024 1 min read

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

December 3, 2024 2 min read