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Sri Lanka airport may give parking slots for Pick Me

All Island Three Wheel Drivers’ Association is not against the plan.

March 20, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka coconut auction prices edge up

The auction offered 574,807 coconuts and 416,815 nuts were sold.

March 20, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea exports down 12.2-pct in February 2023

Higher levels of weeds discouraged pluckers from going into the bushes

March 19, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to give Rs 1.1 mn interest-free loan to students who don't enter state university

President Ranil Wickremesinghe had advised that the loan be provided to 5,000 students, Siyambalapitiya said.

March 17, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka cement production hits 32-month high

Total cement availability at 419,000 metric tonnes was up 17.6 percent from a year ago

Fewer Israelis visiting Sri Lanka amidst travel advisories

There were 151 Israelis reported to be in the country

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 October tourist arrivals up 14-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka rose 13.7% in October 2016 from a year ago with strong ga...

November 7, 2016 1 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 Access Engineering Sept quarter net up 5-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Access Engineering PLC said September 2016 quarter group net profit rose 5% to Rs719 mi...

November 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices hit new monthly high

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices at the Colombo auction hit a new monthly high in October 2016 as volumes fell...

November 3, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka gets $60mn ADB loan for drinking water in kidney disease areas

ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank will give Sri Lanka a loan of $60 million to provide safe drinking water...

November 3, 2016 1 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 Asian Hotels & Properties Sept quarter net up 45-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Asian Hotels & Properties said group net profit for the September 2016 quarter r...

October 31, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka losing share of key tea markets

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea export prices hit a new high in September 2016 but the island continued to lose mark...

October 28, 2016 2 min read
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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

Sri Lanka’s Trans Asia Hotels Sept net Rs168mn

ECONMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Trans Asia Hotels, which operates the 5-star Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, said Septem...

October 27, 2016 1 min read

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 Kelani Valley Plantations losses rise

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Kelani Valley Plantations sank even further into the red in the September 2016 q...

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

Palm oil propels Sri Lanka Watawala Sept profit to Rs309mn

October 25, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Sept tea output down for eighth month in a row

COLOMBO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tea output fell for the eighth month running in September, data from the state-r...

October 22, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Tea Smallholder Factories returns to profitability in Sept quarter

ECONOMYNEXT - Tea Smallholder Factories, which makes black tea from leaves bought from Sri Lankan small farmers, returne...

October 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan tea prices rise further

ECONOMYNEXT – Prices of most Sri Lankan teas rose again at this week’s Colombo auction where quantities ca...

October 20, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to amend IP law to give GI protection to tea, cinnamon

ECONOMYNEXT - The Sri Lankan government is to amend its intellectual property law to give recognition to Geographical In...

October 19, 2016 1 min read