Textured Jersey Lanka net up 79-pct in Dec quarter
Feb 03, 2016 (LBO) – Profits at Textured Jersey Lanka, a fabric maker, rose to 672 million rupees in the December 2015 quarter up 79 percent from a year …
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Minister Hakeem to visit Turkey seeking Sri Lanka tea expansion
Feb 03, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader and City Planning Minister Rauff Hakeem will undertake a week-long official visit to Turkey as part of …
Sri Lanka opens Consulate General Office in Milan, Italy
Feb 01, 2016 (LBO) – The Government has opened a Consulate General Office in Milan, Italy with effect from today, to serve the Country’s large expatriate …
Laugfs launches virtual shopping site in Sri Lanka
Jan 25, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Lfinity Pvt Limited, a subsidiary of Laughfs Holdings, announced the launch of a virtual hyper mall, ‘clickNshop.lk’, …
Sri Lanka introduces Smart Metering to reduce electricity generation costs
Jan 08, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Power Ministry in a bid to reduce electricity generation costs has introduced the long awaited Smart Metering system. …
Norway pledges support for Sri Lanka to assess fish stocks
Jan 07, 2016 (LBO) – Norway has pledged their technical support to conduct an assessment on marine fish stocks in Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister of Norway …
Sri Lanka’s water, petroleum to be brought under power regulator, PUCSL
Jan 05, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s water and petroleum sectors will be regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), a …
Sri Lanka expects EU fishing ban to be revoked by mid 2016
Dec 22, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking at a favorable response about the lifting of EU fishing ban from the European Parliament by mid next year, the …
World’s first dengue vaccine approved
Dec 14, 2015 (LBO) – A vaccine against dengue fever, the mosquito borne virus fever, has won clearance in Mexico. The vaccine is the first of its kind and …
USD100mn from ADB to strengthen SME sector in Sri Lanka
Dec 10, 2015 (LBO) – The cabinet nod has been given to a 100 million US dollar project to strengthen the Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneur field in Sri …
TPG Growth buys 28-pct stake in Sri Lanka’s Asiri Hospitals
Dec 10, 2015 (LBO) - TPG Growth, a global private investment firm announced it bought a 28 percent stake in Asiri Hospital Holdings Plc, a unit …
Sri Lanka to amend Fisheries act, increase penalties for offences in international waters
Nov 12, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will change the law on governing the operation of fishing vessels in international waters, cabinet spokesman Minister Rajitha …
Sri Lanka Treasury guarantees water project funding from Bank of Ceylon
Oct 23, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to implement a water supply project for the towns in east of Colombo with funding secured from Bank of Ceylon with a …
Sri Lanka’s Dialog launches new service to pay mobile pensions
Oct 08, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Pensions Department on Thursday entered into a partnership with Dialog easy cash mobile money service to deliver pensions …
UK global scholarship programme ‘Chevening’ starts accepting applications
Aug 06, 2015 (LBO) – The Chevening Secretariat is accepting applications for 2016/2017 Chevening Scholarships from 3 August until 3 November 2015, the …
Volkswagen to invest USD30mn in Sri Lanka for vehicle assembly plant
Aug 04, 2015 (LBO) – German based automobile manufacturer Volkswagen has agreed to invest 30 million US dollars to set up a vehicle assembly plant in Sri …
Kantale sugar gets foreign investment of USD 100MN for restructuring
July 28, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment (BOI) signed 100 million US dollars agreement with M G Sugars Lanka, a subsidiary of UK based Mendel …
EU team due in October to assess requirements for lifting fishing ban: USD 75mn loss so far
July 22, 2015 (LBO) – A delegation from the European Union is due to arrive in Sri Lanka in October to assess the progress made by the Sri Lankan government …
Effective public service and service delivery, crucial for competitiveness of economy: Think Tank
July 17, 2015 (LBO) – An efficient service delivery in the public service is crucial not only to achieve a competitive economy but also to meet the needs of …
Sri Lanka needs more value added tea exports; brew only 4-pct locally: EDB
July 10, 2015 (LBO) - Sri Lanka needs to look at higher value additions in tea and the current value additions are not giving the required value addition …