Anil Jayantha Fernando opened Occupational Safety and Health Week arguing for common standards so safe employers aren't undercut. No fatality figures were.
The SLPP MP wants credit records updated within five working days of settlement, citing Malaysia's 12-month window against Sri Lanka's five years.
Sri Lanka will tender four high-voltage transmission lines to private developers. Competitive bidding has already cut renewable tariffs by more than half.
The Planters' Association marks 150 years since Hevea seedlings reached Gampaha in 1876, with a roadmap that implies output is well below its 2011 peak.
Dissanayake says the budget may pay a cash or dollar incentive per tourist above a threshold — but three different 2026 arrival targets are in circulation.
The authorised local agent for the Chinese motorcycle brand opens a display and after-sales facility in Colombo, citing a 43.2% rise in global sales.
The royalty body has halted every licence — not just the wedding and DJ tier it paused in September — and expressed regret, weeks after insisting the.
Sub-programme 2 of the Water Supply and Sanitation Reform Programme, drawn from a US$620 million ADB package tied to the IMF deal. Half is concessional.
October's Aswesuma allocation is Rs. 9.12 billion for 985,283 first-phase families — 13,770 fewer than September, the sharpest monthly fall this year.
Tobacco tax debate: BAT claims taxes exceed 80% of retail price; think tank says they lag global benchmark at 67%.
The Hayleys Group glove maker says its newest factory began operating on 8 October, on land it leased from the Board of Investment last year for Rs. 1 billion.
The October World Economic Outlook puts global growth at 3.1% — the same figure it gave in April — while lifting Sri Lanka's 2026 growth to 4%, nearly a.
IPS State of Economy: old growth engines exhausted; two-thirds of workers trapped in informal jobs as debt-led model fails.
Tudawe Brothers won the A009 contract as lowest responsive bidder out of eight. The per-kilometre rate is close to three times what Cabinet approved for.
Northern Province tourism with World Bank support; BOI cruise service, Delft eco-tourism development, Mannar projects.
President offers ECT management to private operator while retaining state ownership; IMF programme decision pending.
Dissanayake details pre-guaranteed Treasury funding and sector-specific procurement rules, and repeats a capital figure the 2027 Appropriation Bill does.
Reliance pitches cross-border manufacturing with Sri Lanka; two SL firms already sell in Indian markets, CEO says.
Migrant workers sent home US$6,865.4mn in January-September, up US$1,053.7mn on last year. But September's gain was just 5.6% — the slowest of the year.
Cabinet clears a public-private partnership to modernise the profitable but ageing State Printing Corporation. Jayatissa rejects privatisation and security.
AkzoNobel is selling its decorative paints business in seven Asia-Pacific countries to Nippon Paint. Sri Lanka is not among them.
BYD's RACCO electric kei car launches in Colombo, Kandy and Galle at Rs. 11.45m. Sri Lanka is first market outside Japan.
EconomyNext puts nine-month capital spending at Rs. 385bn of Rs. 1,380bn. Three other figures for the same budget are in circulation.
The Financial Stability Review 2026 finds headline bad-loan ratios improving while the category that feeds them rises in both banks and finance companies.