General Services

Child™s Play

October 23, 2006 (LBO) – The Ceylinco Consolidated Group™s 3-billion rupee state-of-the-art women and children hospital is due to open in March 2008. …

Got Milk?

Oct 12, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has relaxed earlier moves to ban milk powder advertising, instead regulating branded milk adverts so that liquid milk gets …

Media Gagged

Oct 11, 2006 (AFP) - Escalating violence in Sri Lanka has led to unofficial censorship enforced by intimidation and death threats against journalists, an …

Clean Drink

October 9, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday signed up for 20.5 million euros or a 2.67 billion rupee loan from the Dutch government to improve the drinking …

Toy Story

Oct 09 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has brought in restrictions on imports of remote controlled toys fearing the remote control unit and the frequency band can …

Mutual Benefits

Sept 28 (LBO) – Japan™s Asia Pacific University (APU) tied up with Sri Lanka™s Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the ICT Agency this …

Trade Discounts

Sept 25 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has slashed tariffs by up to 70 percent on top imports like cement imported duty free from India, under a trade deal with the …

Creative Fusion

Sept 25 (LBO) – Sri Lankan song writers and other artistes are hoping a new licensing and royalty scheme being drawn up will help protect their creative …

Trade Fiasco

Sept 21 (LBO) – Another round of Indo-Lanka trade talks ended this week, with no firm agreement on resuming controversial duty free exports of vanaspati …

Private Space

Sept 20 (LBO) – The government has offered private traders space on board state chartered vessels carrying food to war torn Jaffna on possible commercial …

Member ID

Sept 14 (LBO) – The Hayley™s group said Thursday that it had tied up with Bartronics India Limited to develop and market identification devices such as …

Steady Growth

Sept 13 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and India are likely to clock in about three billion dollars in bilateral trade in the next year, despite some troubled …

Hollywood vs. China

BEIJING, Sept 13, 2006 (AFP) - Six Hollywood studios said Wednesday they had filed suit against Chinese firms for allegedly selling illegal copies of their …

Spreading Fat

Sept 11, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankan producers of vanaspati a vegetable oil, are trying to break into the domestic market and diversify exports after being …

Shrinking Wallets

Sept 08, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s clothing trade, which employs about a million workers, is opposing trade union efforts to jack up minimum monthly …

Better Mix

Sept 08, 2006 (LBO) - Local businessmen have been asked to diversify exports to Pakistan outside of a few traditional commodities, and fast, to fully exploit …

Trade Breaks

Sept 05 (LBO) – India is drawing up a more favourable package for Sri Lankan garment exports to the country under the Indo-Lanka trade deal. Quotas on …

Oil Brokering

Sept 06 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has approved new terms to limit exports of vanaspathi vegetable oil to India, with the government hopeful that local factories will …

Battle Plan

August 26, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is trying to clinch a free trade deal with Canada to push its apparel exports, with the industry also promised a …

High Note

August 23, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankan apparel exports to Europe grew by as much as 30 percent in June, as manufacturers made better use of tax breaks to the …