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Sri Lanka approves tax breaks for China tyre factory

Sri Lanka has approved tax breaks for a 300 million dollar tyre factory to be built by Shandong Haohua Tire Co. Limited ...

December 8, 2020 1 min read

Standard Chartered Sri Lanka finances PPE export production

Standard Chartered Sri Lanka said it had financed personal protective equipment manufacture for export at Sri Lanka's Di...

December 3, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Rigid Tyre Corporation to start production from Jan 2021

Sri Lanka's Rigid Tyre Corporation (Pvt) Ltd said it will start producing passenger car radials with a 100 million dolla...

November 23, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka tyre plant in Hambantota port by China's Haohua

China will build a 300 million US dollar tyre plant in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port that will export nine million tyres i...

November 19, 2020 1 min read
Sri Lanka egg production to pick up by year end: Minister

Egg and poultry prices are likely to drop by December, and there would be no further price hikes, minister says

Dutch feminist policy to help unlock female economic potential in Sri Lanka

Netherlands to help Sri Lanka unlock female workforce potential with feminist foreign policy

Sri Lanka gets Korean vocational training support to meet skilled labour demand

ECONOMYNEXT – South Korea’s Eximbank is supporting the setting up of two vocational training institutes in...

November 22, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Lion Beer re-starts factory

The factory of Sri Lanka's Lion Beer, which was repaired after flood damage, has started operating and production is bei...

November 16, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ceylon Steel to get 100 acres for tyre factory

Sri Lanka's Urban Development Authority will acquire 100 acres of private land in Gonapola Horana, for a tyre factory, p...

November 16, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka manufacturing sector PMI decelerates in October

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's purchasing managers index (PMI) for manufacturing expanded at a slower pace in October ...

November 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka invites private investors to build industrial zones

Sri Lanka has invited private investors to build industrial zone in areas bordering expressways promising state land.

November 15, 2016 1 min read

Nestlé opens Rs500mn milk plant in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Nestlé Lanka said it has opened a milk plant in Sri Lanka’s Kurunegala area with an inves...

November 8, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka JKH to invest Rs5.7bn in new ice cream, bottling plants

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings will invest Rs5.7 billion to set up new ice cream and bever...

November 5, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Haycarb Sept quarter net profit up 20-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan coconut shell-based activated carbon manufacturer Haycarb said net profit for the Septem...

November 3, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Dipped Products Sept quarter net up 21-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Dipped Products said September 2016 group net profit rose 21% to Rs27 million fr...

November 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Piramal Glass makes Rs37mn loss in Sept quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Piramal Glass Ceylon reported a net loss of Rs37 million in the September 2016 q...

October 27, 2016 2 min read
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Sri Lanka Ceylon Cold Stores Sept net up 49-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Ceylon Cold Stores, a unit of Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings, which owns the Elephant House bever...

October 26, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka shifts tyre plant location after land owner protests

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has shifted the location of a proposed tyre plant by Ceylon Steel Corporation, for which ...

October 25, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Elephant House to bottle fizzy drinks in the UK

Sri Lanka's Elephant House plans to sell its fizzy drinks in the UK and European countries through a bottling deal struc...

October 6, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka glove maker Dipped Products in the red

Sri Lanka's Dipped Products Plc, a rubber glove maker which also owns tea and rubber plantations lost 48.75 million rupe...

September 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka deposit counter-cyclical investment for Iluka

ECONOMYNEXT - Australian mineral sands miner Iluka Resources Ltd. has listed its Sri Lankan ilmenite deposit as one of i...

September 12, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to ban asbestos imports in 2018, production from 2024

Sri Lanka will prohibit the import of asbestos from 2018 and the manufacture of roofing sheets from 2024, following a pr...

September 8, 2016 1 min read

IFC offers Sri Lankan firms ‘development oriented’ project loans

ECONOMYNEXT – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said it is ready to give loans to Sri Lankan privat...

September 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka cement plant asked to cut dust emissions at Galle Port

A cement grinding plant at Galle, in Southern Sri Lanka, has been asked to cut emissions by a nearby port or shift opera...

August 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka cracks down on sub-standard water bottling

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Ministry of Industry and Commerce said it would introduce standards for bottled water from nex...

August 22, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka tyre plant by Ceylon Steel, Marangoni to sell old machines: report

Marangoni, an Italy-based tyre maker, will not build a new factory in Sri Lanka as claimed in some reports, but is plann...

August 22, 2016 2 min read