Trade unions on Friday offered to intervene in the dispute over GSP + trade concessions which reached a critical stage after the European Union (EU) issued a July 1 ‘receive or not’ ultimatum to the Sri Lankan government .
Cargills Ceylon, the supermarket chain, is looking at setting up a Rs 400 million milling facility to produce oil from rice bran. The mill is to be located in the war-recovering Ampara district. The company is now in the process of testing the consumer market for rice-bran oil, which it claims has many health and cost benefits.
