Sri Lanka’s cement industry, trade, standard and import inspection schemeOrdinary Portland Cement (OPC), commonly known as cement, is once again dominates headlines of the Sri Lankan print and electronic media due to its preserved or real temporary shortage of supply in the domestic market. The media attributes the supply shortage to the variety of factors. ...

A queue of a different type Last Sunday when the sun was shining hot and bright in the western sky, thousands of youth — almost all were boys — had assembled themselves with backpacks still hanging on their backs, along the wrought iron fence of a park in Colombo ready for an overnight stay there. ...

CEMENT, a product slapped with maximum retail price, is in crisis. During the past few weeks cement has been the centre of much public spotlight and debate. Macho-type talk by  Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando and his lack of consultation with cement trade hasn’t helped the situation either. Let’s take stock of the ...

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