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Sri Lanka tea production marginally improves in Nov 2022

Policy mismanagement and bad weather continue to eat into dollar crop

December 26, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka minister wants action against tourists doing business

It is not clear how many drug dealers lost their jobs due to the tourists.

December 23, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tea Trails enters top Conde Nast Traveler list

Ceylon Tea Trails said it is the first Sri Lankan hotel to make enter CN's gold list

December 23, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka woos investors in South India

Venkateshwaran also invited investor in South India to visit Sri Lanka in 2023.

December 22, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka welcomes 1.12 million tourists by October 2023

Sri Lanka has welcomed 109,199 tourists up to October 2023, taking the total so far to 1.125 million

Sri Lanka free visas may boost arrivals 15-20 pct from India, China, Russia: official

Sri Lanka charges 20 dollars for an online ETA for South Asian countries, and 30 dollars for others.

The King Goes Hybrid — Range Rover P400E Autobiography

When the covers came off the very first Range Rover in June of 1970, the whole world sat up and took notice, because the...

Sajiv Weerakoon
February 15, 2020 7 min read

Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery profits fall in Dec

Lion Brewery Plc, Sri Lanka's largest beer manufacturer, said net profits for the December quarter fell 50 percent to 55...

February 13, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka looking into taxpayer top up for mandated estate wage hike: Minister

Sri Lanka's taxpayer support may be extended to supplement a state mandated wage hike to workers of plantations plantati...

February 13, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka apparel exporters eye regional supply chain management

Sri Lanka's apparel industry has the capacity to expand into offshore supply chain management for their customers and bu...

Mahadiya Hamza
February 13, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's free tourist visa scheme extended till April

The free visa scheme for tourists arriving in Sri Lanka which had begun last August will be extended to April 2020, the ...

February 13, 2020 1 min read
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Apparel slowdown dampens Sri Lankan industrial activity in Dec

Sri Lanka's industrial activitiy slowed in December from a month earlier, with a fall in apparel manufacturing, the stat...

February 12, 2020 2 min read

Govt to woo high-end tourists to hit USD 10 bn revenue target by 2025

Government Media Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said that the government intends to develop the tourism industry to earn...

Imesh Ranasinghe
February 12, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Cargills profits boom on demand recovery

Cargills (Ceylon) Plc, which operates Sri Lanka's largest supermarket chain, said profits for the December quarter grew ...

February 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka firms could cut chemical usage by 40-pct: UNIDO

Sri Lankan firms could cut chemical usage and costs by 40 percent and save on water and energy use if they follow best ...

February 12, 2020 2 min read

Coronavirus stalls construction projects in Sri Lanka

Construction work on a number of major projects in Sri Lanka have stalled because of the novel coronavirus effect, an in...

Chanka Jayasinghe
February 11, 2020 2 min read
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Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka profits up in Dec on lower input costs

Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Plc (DCSL) posted 1.47 billion rupees in net profits for the December quarter, rising ...

February 11, 2020 2 min read

University courses must serve the job market - President

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wants sweeping reforms in the University curricula gearing them to serve the job market to ...

February 11, 2020 2 min read

Aitken Spence Hotels returns to profits in Dec

Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc posted 58 million rupees in profits for the December quarter, down 82.8 per...

February 10, 2020 1 min read

‘Hathe Ape Potha' was product of much effort and research, says author

The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education and Human Resources Development yesterday met in parliament to discuss the...

Nisali De Silva
February 10, 2020 2 min read

UGC calls for public complaints on university ragging

All national newspapers carried a government advertisement today calling for public complaints on ragging at institutes ...

February 10, 2020 1 min read

Ford Ranger XLT: Can the blue oval's pick-up unseat the local competition?

The latest Ranger XLT comes into a market that is dominated by the likes of Toyota’s Hilux and the Mitsubishi L200, wi...

Jason Diaz
February 8, 2020 5 min read

Framework being developed for future sex education textbooks

The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education and Human Resources Development yesterday decided to develop a framework w...

Nisali De Silva
February 7, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Graphene Technologies ups capacity as advanced batteries are readied for sale

Ceylon Graphene Technologies, a start-up nano technology firm in Sri Lanka is expanding capacity as industrial batteries...

Chanka Jayasinghe
February 7, 2020 2 min read

UNIDO to help Sri Lanka formulate industrial policy

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization will help Sri Lanka to create an industrial policy to move into ...

February 7, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka's Teejay Lanka profits up in Dec quarter

Sri Lanka's Teejay Lanka Plc, a fabric maker which also has operations in India, said profits grew 31 percent to 718 mil...

February 7, 2020 2 min read
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