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  • 05
    Jan

    LAUGFS Gas predicts price reduction amid

    LAUGFS Holdings Ltd. predicts consumers will be able to enjoy reduced domestic cylinder prices from March or April this year. The company announced a price hike of Rs.212 last week bringing the price ...

  • 06
    Jan

    Price hike on LPG inevitable - LAUGFS Ch

    A price hike on a cylinder of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) was inevitable due to the steadily increasing world crude oil prices and the demand for LPG gas, said Chairman, LAUGFS Gas Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. ...

  • 10
    Jan

    Investing in bad time paid for LAUGFS

    A young marketing graduate from the Sri Jayawardhanapura University set up Sri Lanka’s first auto gas converting plant in 1995. Today it is on course to taking his local brand name global. â...

  • 20
    Jan

    Drop in world gas prices likely in March

    Industrial analysts said that the world gas price may drop in March this year. LAUGFS could pass that benefit to the customers, LAUGFS Gas Chairman W. K. H. Wegapitiya said. Gas companies entered into...

  • 20
    Jan

    Stop CPC from selling LP gas: LAUGFS tel

    LAUGFS Gas (Pvt) Ltd has requested President Mahinda Rajapaksa to direct the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation not to go ahead with its plan to sell its brand of LP gas at a lower price. The move came afte...

  • 02
    Mar

    LAUGFS chairman turns on the gas against

    LAUGFS Gas Chairman W. K. H. Wegapitiya said the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) cannot sell Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) when a Supreme Court decision was pending in a case filed against the CPC by ...

  • 03
    Mar

    LAUGFS gas too raises price

    LAUGFS gas will also increase the price of a 12.5kg domestic cylinder by Rs.261 from midnight today. The new price of a cylinder will be Rs. 1721. Last week the Shell gas increased its prices by the s...

  • 04
    Mar

    LAUGFS up

    LAUGFS Gas jacked up its price of a 12.5 Kg cylinder of domestic gas by Rs. 261 from midnight yesterday. The new price of a cylinder would be Rs. 1721. It was only last week that Shell gas increased i...

  • 04
    Mar

    LAUGFS also ups gas price

    Days after the Shell gas price hike, LAUGFS Gas also increased the price of a 12.5kg domestic cylinder by Rs. 261 from midnight yesterday. Accordingly, a LAUGFS 12.5 kg cylinder will cost Rs. 1721. A ...

  • 08
    May

    Unstable economy keeps Lanka as backward

    Sri Lanka is still a backward nation and is facing great challenges due to an unstable economy LAUGFS Chairman W.K.H Wegapitiya said. “Sri Lanka entrepreneurs are facing great challenges as they...

  • 11
    May

    Lankan entrepreneurs lack motivation, sa

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    Sri Lankan entrepreneurs lack motivation to develop their skills and be innovative in manufacturing products that will attract international buyers, said the 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner...

  • 11
    Jun

    Time to gas it up

    Taking advantage of the increasing fuel prices LAUGFS Gas Auto Ltd. is promoting auto gas conversion insisting that it will give consumers an annual saving of over Rs.184, 800. “Within a year Sr...

  • 12
    Jun

    Excessive use could make cooking expensi

    Chairman, LAUGFS Holdings Limited, W K H Wegapitiya, addressing the press earlier this week said that now was the time for change; for vehicles to convert to auto gas. However, Dr A G T Sugathapala of...

  • 01
    Jul

    LAUGFS gas reduced by Rs.53

    The prices of a domestic 12.5 kg LAUGFS gas cylinder has been reduced from yesterday midnight by Rs.53. Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Services Minister Bandula Gunawardana t...

  • 01
    Jul

    LAUGFS reduces gas by 53 rupees

    LAUGFS gas is to reduce the price of a 12.5 kg Cylinder by 53 rupees from midnight today bringing the revised price to Rs. 1668....

  • 13
    Jul

    Vehicle emission tests to be made compul

    The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry has announced that vehicle gas emission tests are compulsory. These tests effective from July 15 will be the deciding factor in renewing licences for all...

  • 17
    Jul

    LAUGFS enters lubricant industry

    Makes history by launching first ever Sri Lankan brand in the market LAUGFS Group of Companies, one of the fastest growing enterprises in the country, yesterday embarked into the lubricant industry by...

  • 18
    Jul

    LAUGFS enters local lubricant market

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    LAUGFS become the first ever Sri Lankan company to enter the highly competitive local lubricant industry with products manufactured with a local brand name. “The company is the first ever Sri La...

  • 20
    Jul

    LAUGFS lubricants for overseas markets

    LAUGFS Holdings which entered the local lubricant market will launch its products in the Maldives, Bangladesh and Pakistan within the next six months. The company has already begun negotiations with t...

  • 04
    Jan

    LAUGFS calls for proper entry mechanism

    LAUGFS Gas Chairman called on the Government to have a proper entry mechanism for new players who enter the gasoline business. LAUGFS Gas Chairman W.K.H Wegapitiya Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa....

  • 30
    Jul

    LAUGFS to set up Saltern

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    The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BoI) signed agreements four new projects to the tune of Rs. 2.6 billion. The agreement signed with Asian Academy of Aeronautics is for a project to set up a flyin...

  • 19
    Aug

    Sri Lanka CAN – The LAUGFS Oil story

    LAUGFS Holdings Ltd., a Sri Lankan organization headed by Mr. W.K.H. Wegapitiya that continually challenges itself, has planned to enter the highly competitive lubricant market which was ruled by an i...

  • 21
    Aug

    Dialog Enterprise partners LAUGFS Eco Sr

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    Dialog Enterprise, an integrated business division of Dialog Broadband Networks entered into an agreement with LAUGFS Eco Sri (Pvt) Ltd to provide voice and data communication solutions to LAUGFS Vehi...

  • 02
    Sep

    Sri Gas laugfs to new heights

    Hours after Shell Gas Lanka announced a price hike, LAUGFS Gas announced a bigger hike. A LAUGFS said that based on a formula agreement entered into with the Consumer Affairs Authority, the price of a...

  • 15
    Sep

    LAUGFS takes control of two hotels

    LAUGFS Group of Companies yesterday announced the taking over of the management control of south’s premier three star hotel the Emerald Bay Hotel in Induruwa and Temple Trees, a boutique hotel ...

  • 16
    Sep

    LAUGFS Solid Tyres now in European marke

    The first consignment of tyres made by the LAUGFS Rubber Corporation Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of LAUGFS Holdings Limited, was shipped to a European destination last week. Understanding the st...

  • 29
    Oct

    Supermarket giants came together to stre

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    Supermarket giants came together to strengthen the Api Venuwen Api campaign for the Api Venuwen Api Housing Fund by agreeing to display specially made tills in all their supermarkets. This is in addit...

  • 01
    Nov

    Gas prices down

    The Government brought down the prices of LAUGFS and Shell gas from midnight yesterday. The new price of a domestic gas cylinder of LAUGFS and Shell will be Rs. 1,679 and Rs. 1,785. “This is cle...

  • 01
    Nov

    LAUGFS Gas to reduce prices from Novembe

    LAUGFS Gas Chairman W.K.H. Wegapitiya told The Nation that gas prices would be reduced from the beginning of next month. However he was unable to specify the amount. Nonetheless the company had earlie...

  • 03
    Dec

    LAUGFS gas up by Rs. 212 from midnight

    LAUGFS Gas has decided to increase the price of a 12.5 gas Cylinder by Rs. 212 from midnight today. With the price revision a 12.5 gas Cylinder will be sold at Rs. 1460. The price will be revised ever...

  • 06
    Nov

    LAUGFS challenges CPC circular

    LAUGFS Holdings Limited and LAUGFS Lubricants (Pvt) limited filed a fundamental rights application in the Supreme Court challenging a circular issued by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to its d...

  • 10
    Nov

    LAUGFS Eco Sri introduces fake free "VET

    It is stated that fakes are the fastest growing industry in the world and it is bigger than the earlier identified industries like arms and drugs. Unscrupulous people not only fake products but also i...

  • 17
    Nov

    LAUGFS threatens legal action against CA

    LAUGFS Gas Lanka Limited yesterday said it would be taking legal action against the Consumers Affairs Authority (CAA) for un-ethical practices and Shell Gas Lanka Limited for LPG price manipulations a...

  • 18
    Nov

    LAUGFS takes over Emerald Bay, Temple Tr

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    LAUGFS Leisure Limited has taken over the management of Emerald Bay Hotel and Temple Tree Resorts and Spa in the Induruwa area. Director CEO, LAUGFS Leisure Limited Harsha Gamage said the company is n...

  • 27
    Nov

    LAUGFS wants CPC hedging stopped

    LAUGFS Holdings Limited chairman yesterday filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking an interim order to cancel hedging contracts between Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and ...

  • 30
    Nov

    Consumers to benefit at next gas price r

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    The benefit of the drop in world crude oil prices will be passed on to the consumers at the next price revision in January, said Chairman, LAUGFS Holdings Limited, W.K.H. Wegapitiya. He said commodity...

  • 29
    Dec

    LAUGFS to launch Loyalty Card

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    LAUGFS Loyality Card is scheduled to be issued to LAUGFS “Sunup” super market customers.The loyality card holders are entitled to enjoy special benefits as well as a ten per cent discount ...