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Sri Lanka UDA to take back Krrish, Destiny, non-operational buildings in lands it owns

The valuation of the two buildings is yet to be done.

March 16, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka likely to see further beef price hike over lump disease in North

The disease is also slightly spreading to other provinces in Sri Lanka

March 16, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka promoting MICE tourism to meet 12-pct of 2023 target

Targeting South Asia, Middle East and Europe

March 15, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka looking at state hospitals for private medical students' clinical training

The expert committtee tasked with picking state-run hospitals that can function as teaching hospitals for students.

March 14, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka to settle Rs28.37bn plus in road arrears

Provisions allocated to Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation for 2024 not used so far, to be used

China to build 1,996 low income houses in Sri Lanka with grant

Construction will be granted to Chinese contractors

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
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Sri Lanka plantation firms ink wage deal with unions

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) have signed a new collective agreement with...

October 18, 2016 6 min read

In parched Sri Lanka, biggest shortage is of water policy - experts

In this village in southern Sri Lanka's Hambantota District, water sales are big business.

October 18, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lankan tea prices up sharply at auction

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices moved up sharply at this week’s Colombo auctions, with high grown vari...

October 13, 2016 1 min read

Oil price recovery seen reviving demand for Sri Lanka tea

ECONOMYNEXT – The recovery in crude oil prices after big producers agreed to cut production should augur well for...

October 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka eyes $3.5 bln post-war tourism boom

Sri Lanka aims to make a record $3.5 billion from tourism this year on the back of its improved rights record under a ne...

October 11, 2016 2 min read

Drought drives Sri Lanka monthly tea auction average price to new high

ECONOMYNEXT – The monthly average price at Sri Lanka’s tea auctions in Colombo hit a new high in September...

October 6, 2016 2 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

Si Lanka's Sanken to start building 500-apartment twin tower

Capitol Development Limited, a unit of Sri Lanka's Sanken construction group, said it had completed the purchase of land...

October 6, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka September tourist arrivals up 3.6-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The growth in the number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka slowed to single digits in September after ...

October 4, 2016 1 min read

Vista Rooms extends to Maldives after Sri Lanka move

ECONOMYNEXT - Vista Rooms, the online startup budget hotel brand based in India, said it has extended its stays to the M...

October 4, 2016 2 min read