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Sri Lanka expects influx of global twins

We expect upwards of 4000 participants to arrive in the country for the event

January 27, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka tourism sector sees strong prospects from India in 2023

Russian tourists have topped arrivals in the winter season but Indian tourists were on top in the full year 2022

January 27, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka white water rafting stranded by Broadlands dam

Rafting operator's jobs threatened

January 26, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka eyes Saudi investments for energy, real estate, Port City - Foreign Minister 

Sri Lanka's relationship with Saudi was hit by forced cremation under former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa

January 24, 2023 2 min read
Apparel forum congratulates Sri Lanka's new President

JAAF said it looked forward to working closely with the new President and government to ensure apparel sector success

Mirai Consulting of Japan visit Sri Lanka to scout investment opportunities

Growing interest of Japanese investors in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankans warned of looming water cuts amid drought

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's state-run water supply agency has asked customers not use piped drinking water to wash cars or...

March 27, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea exports recover in February 2016

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tea export shipments and local currency earnings rose slightly in February 2016 ...

March 25, 2016 1 min read

Watawala Plantations, Duxton Asset Management invest in Sri Lankan dairy farm

ECONOMYNEXT – Singapore-based fund manager Duxton Asset Management has tied up with Watawala Plantations to set u...

March 24, 2016 2 min read

India's Hero buys Sri Lanka bicycle maker eyeing EU exports

ECONOMYNEXT - India's Hero Cycles Ltd, has bought controls of BSH Ventures Ltd, a Sri Lanka based bicycle maker with Ban...

March 23, 2016 2 min read

Google Street View Sri Lanka allows virtual travel through the island

ECONOMYNEXT - Google has launched 'Street View' allowing viewers to travel virtually around the island, going through hi...

March 22, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea plantations improve harvests with mechanization

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) say experiments with mechanization like use...

March 22, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka seafood exporters eye China market under FTA

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan exporters have asked the government to take up an import tariff charged by China on seaf...

March 18, 2016 2 min read

Australian property investments promoted for Sri Lankans

ECONOMYNEXT – Dwellings Group real estate firm is offering Sri Lankan investors a chance to buy apartments in Mel...

March 16, 2016 1 min read

Carl Cruz takes over as Chairman of Unilever Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - Carl Cruz, a senior Unilever executive from the Philippines has taken over as head of Sri Lanka operations...

March 16, 2016 1 min read

China Port City company in Sri Lanka expects "mutually beneficial solution"

ECONOMYNEXT - CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, a Chinese state-run firm which was allowed to resume sea reclamation ahe...

March 16, 2016 2 min read
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India’s Apurva Natvar Parikh group in US50mn Sri Lanka high rise

ECONOMYNEXT – Iconic Developments Ltd., part of India’s Apurva Natvar Parikh property group, said it will ...

March 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Finlays loses Syrian tea market

ECONMYNEXT – Finlays Colombo, a Sri Lankan tea exporters that is part of Britain’s Swire group, has comple...

March 14, 2016 2 min read

More women studying to be accountants in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Women now outnumber men among students of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA S...

March 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Hotel invests Rs1.7bn in Ahungalla unit

ECONOMYNEXT – Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings, one of Sri Lanka’s biggest hotel groups, said it will invest a...

March 11, 2016 1 min read

Australia launches ‘Blue Economy Challenge’ in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - The Australian High Commission has launched the Blue Economy Challenge in Sri Lanka, part of an Indian Oce...

March 9, 2016 1 min read

India’s Exim Bank gives $403mn loan for Sri Lanka water projects

ECONOMYNEXT – The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) will lend 403.01 million US dollars to Sri Lanka�...

March 9, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka February tea prices at two-year low

ECONOMYNEXT – Prices at Sri Lanka’s tea auction in Colombo in February remained below the levels two years...

March 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan hotels lure back migrant staff, mull foreign workers

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan hotels are luring back staff who went to work abroad after local training and are consid...

March 7, 2016 3 min read

Chinese tourists overtake Indians visiting Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – The number of Chinese tourists coming to Sri Lanka in February 2016 outnumbered those from India, t...

Rohan Gunasekera
March 4, 2016 1 min read

Malaysia to ease visa hassle for Sri Lankan tourists

ECONOMYNEXT – Malaysia’s tourism authority has promised to make it easier for Sri Lankans to visit their c...

March 4, 2016 1 min read