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Mental Health Benefits of Ceylon Tea

2021-11-16

Mental Health Benefits of Ceylon Tea

Rich in Caffeine and Antioxidants, Ceylon Tea will “warm you if you are cold, cool you if you are hot, cheer you if you are depressed, and calm you if you are excited”

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Health benefits of Seafood Consumption

2021-10-15

Health benefits of Seafood Consumption

Blessed with murmuring ocean waves and rich marine life, Sri Lanka is a dream-come-true for seafood lovers. Ethically harvested by a fleet of 4500 fishing boats operating on the blue waters surrounding the exotic island, Sri Lankan seafood production uses traditional craftsmanship in conjunction with state-of-the-art modern technology.

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Uses & Advantages of Natural Rubber

2021-10-08

Uses & Advantages of Natural Rubber

Rubber and rubber-based products have long been among the best-known exports from Sri Lanka. Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) cultivation started in Sri Lanka in 1876 while Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, was under British hegemony. Natural rubber is composed of long isoprene polymer chains, loosely connected.

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Immunity-Boosting Herbal Teas from Sri Lanka

2021-09-13

Immunity-Boosting Herbal Teas from Sri Lanka

The healing power of herbs is often appreciated. With time, many cultures have developed around their values. Traditional healing practises such as Ayurveda medicine involve the use of herbs in various ways. Herbal tea or infusions are one such beverage that is widely known across the world.

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Black Pepper Oleoresins Made in Sri Lanka

2021-09-06

Black Pepper Oleoresins Made in Sri Lanka

An oleoresin is a viscous liquid and a semi-solid material that is produced using the fine ground powder of its source. Black pepper oleoresin is the natural extract of the dried tender berries of Piper nigrum, commonly known as Black Pepper. It is a yellowish-brown liquid with a pungent biting aroma of its spice. It is also the most consumed spice oleoresin in the world, representing 50% of the global spice oleoresin production.

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The Traditional Sri Lankan Handloom Industry

2021-01-11

The Traditional Sri Lankan Handloom Industry

Most developing nations around the world harness the potential of the country’s native creative industries in gaining economic development and empowering craftsman communities. Mostly involving traditional handcrafted products, unique to each country and region, many countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America have invested widely and heavily on their unique handcrafted products, that combine traditional knowledge, native skills and a wealth of indigenous resources.

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Importance of eCommerce in the Time of COVID - 19

2020-12-30

Importance of eCommerce in the Time of COVID - 19

eCommerce is generally defined as the buying and selling process of products and services over the internet in a virtual market space. The growing phenomena have been making day to day matters much easier for a lot of people around the world for the past decade and have opened multiple revenues and business opportunities to many businesses.

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Floriculture and Ornamental Foliage Exports from Sri Lanka

2020-11-17

Floriculture and Ornamental Foliage Exports from Sri Lanka

Floriculture can be defined as the management of flowering plants, while foliage refers to the plant leaves. The practice of cultivating flowers and foliage for exports officially started in Sri Lanka back in the 1970s when it was identified as a potent export sector.

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The Export Potential of Clayware from Sri Lanka

2020-11-17

The Export Potential of Clayware from Sri Lanka

Clay is an eco-friendly material. It plays an important role in the environment itself by being a natural scavenger of pollutants. The natural source is structured in a way that it collaborates with water to increase its quality. As a result, clay is well known for its hygienic quality. This amazing material is moulded into different shapes and forms giving opportunity for hidden talents to find its way to the surface. Sri Lanka is a country that has a long history with such clay-based products.

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The Export of Heirloom Rice from Sri Lanka

2020-11-17

The Export of Heirloom Rice from Sri Lanka

Rice is the staple food of Sri Lanka and has been playing a huge role in everyone’s lifestyle for centuries. The rice cultivation has a long and parallel relationship with the country’s history and culture and Sri Lankan has practised an agriculture-based lifestyle for the past 3 millennia. According to the evidence collected through written history and archaeology, rice cultivation of the island goes back to the period of 900-600 BC.

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Best Gems to Buy in Sri Lanka

2020-11-17

Best Gems to Buy in Sri Lanka

Hailed as the Mythical Tarshish, Sri Lanka has positioned itself as the best country for sourcing precious stones. Around 90% of the country’s land is made of metamorphic rocks of the Precambrian age, approximately 25% of the total land is gem bearing, out of which most deposits are located in the Highland, Southwestern complex. Gem mining of Sri Lanka has a history of more than 2000 years.

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Coconut Shell Activated Carbon from Sri Lanka

2020-08-21

Coconut Shell Activated Carbon from Sri Lanka

Activated carbon (AC) was first discovered by the Egyptians in 1500 BC, where its properties of absorption were used for purification and medicinal purposes. However, these potentials of activated carbon were first commercially capitalised during the First World War when it was used in gas masks to filter away toxic gases. The first AC production plant was commissioned in Germany and was used for sugar refining and was later used for wastewater purification.

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The Potential of Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Exports from Sri Lanka

2020-08-20

The Potential of Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Exports from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has a strong agricultural heritage that spans back to nearly three thousand heritage. Sri Lankan farmers have cultivated a diverse range of crops and have been actively breeding plant varieties that are more resistant to pests and diseases and have more nutritious and delicious yield.

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Tender Coconut Water - All Natural Isotonic Drink

2020-08-20

Tender Coconut Water - All Natural Isotonic Drink

Coconut water is a natural, healthy, and nutritious drink derived from the coconut tree, a permanent food staple and export crop in Sri Lanka.Rich with various nutrients, minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, amino acids, enzymes, and growth hormones, Tender Coconut Water (TCW) is also a rich source of L-arginine, which is a free form of amino acid and vitamin C that can prevent heart disease and lipid peroxidation.

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Clean Hands to Save Lives

2020-08-14

Clean Hands to Save Lives

As the world battles to control the spread of COVID -19, maintaining good hand hygiene has become vital to control the spread of the virus. The World Health Organisation (WHO), as well as other local health organisations, recommend washing hands with clean water and soap and use of alcohol-based hand rub to keep the hands clean and control the spread of the virus by touch.

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Wear a Mask and Save Lives

2020-07-29

Wear a Mask and Save Lives

With the disastrous COVID-19 pandemic that has affected almost all the countries in the world, wearing a mask has become mandatory in most countries.

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Combating COVID-19 and Stimulating Economic Growth in Sri Lanka

2020-06-10

Combating COVID-19 and Stimulating Economic Growth in Sri Lanka

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), one of the world’s four largest audit firms recently released a comprehensive report titled ‘COVID-19 Outbreak: Impact on Sri Lanka and Recommendations’ This blogpost seeks to encapsulate the insights revealed by PwC in the context of export businesses.

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EDB organized a Tech Pavilion for INFOTEL – 2019

2019-08-11

EDB organized a Tech Pavilion for INFOTEL – 2019

The Export Development Board organized a Tech Pavilion for the 4th consecutive year at the INFOTEL exhibition with the intention of providing an opportunity for ICT companies & startups to promote their services/technologies and to meet both local and foreign clients. The companies/startups who exhibited at the exhibition commended on EDB efforts and said that they were able to gain exposure in the ICT/BPM industry and that experience can be leveraged to develop their business models.

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EDB Promotes Sri Lanka Apparel in France to maximize benefits under GSP+

2018-12-14

EDB Promotes Sri Lanka Apparel in France to maximize benefits under GSP+

EDB in its efforts to increase apparel exports to EU,  organized  an apparel promotion programme in France by participating at the  “Apparel Sourcing Paris 2018” which is the  leading sourcing trade fair held in Europe for the second consecutive year in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy in France.

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Implementation of ‘IT Initiative’: Training program in fundamentals of data science

2018-12-05

Implementation of ‘IT Initiative’: Training program in fundamentals of data science

Another successful implementation of the National Budget 2018 though ‘IT Initiative’, marked with the inauguration of the Training Program in Fundamentals of Data Science was held on 29 October, at the Senate Hall of University of Colombo.

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