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Sri Lanka to exempt electricity, kerosene and naptha from VAT

Sri Lanka is likely to maintain the exempt status from value added tax for electricity, kerosene and naptha

November 30, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka awards $4.5 bln oil refinery to China's Sinopec in Hambantota

Sri Lanka received 7 bids for the project

November 27, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka developing law for nuclear power plants: Minister

We will be calling EOIs once the legal framework is ready

November 27, 2023 1 min read

Will pass on CEB gains to consumers: Sri Lanka minister

If CEB makes any operating profit by December due to rains, those gains will be passed onto consumers in April.

November 25, 2023 3 min read
Sri Lanka transfers land for Siyambalanduwa solar project

219.7233 hectare land given as grant to Sustainable Energy Authority for Siyambalanduwa 100 MW solar power project

Sri Lanka breaches IMF benchmark after regulator cuts electricity prices

Passing budget, eliminating losses at CEB key to passing next review

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board losses down to Rs31.7bn to Aug 2020

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has lost 31.7 billion rupees up to August 2020, sharply down from 85.4 bi...

November 23, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB 'AA+(lka)' rating confirmed with negative outlook

Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'AA+' state-run Ceylon Electricity Board with a negative outlook which is the same as th...

November 20, 2020 7 min read

Sri Lanka Navy to buy emergency response vessel from Colombo Dockyard

Sri Lanka Navy has been cleared to purchase a Maintenance and Emergency Response Vessel (MERV) from Colombo Dockyard Plc...

November 19, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka expects LTL, another 300MW power plant in 3 years: Minister

Sri Lanka's LTL Holdings is expected to build a 300 MegaWatt liquefied natural gas cable power plant within three years,...

October 9, 2020 2 min read

Emirates National Oil wins Sri Lanka Diesel deals

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), Singapore had won contracts from state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to supply ...

October 3, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Laugfs terminal handles 400,000MT LP Gas, 60-pct re-exports

Laugfs Terminals Ltd at Hambantota port, a unit of Sri Lanka's publicly traded Laugfs group said it had handled 413,000 ...

September 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka to call international bids for 300MW LNG IPP

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board will call international tenders for a 300 MegaWatt liquefied natural gas ...

September 17, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka President orders 70-pct renewable electricity by 2030

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed that plans be made to produce 70 percent of the electricity in cou...

September 16, 2020 1 min read

Thailand firms win cylinder deals from Sri Lanka state LPG distributor

Sri Lanka's state-run Litro Gas Lanka has awarded two contracts to Thailand based firms to supply liquefied petroleum ga...

September 13, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka preparing its legal strategy with regard to the MT New Diamond disaster

Sri Lanka is planning its legal strategy to sue the owners of the Supertanker that caught fire off its shores and is cur...

Imesh Ranasinghe
September 9, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka to expand fuel storage capacity

Sri Lanka will expand the storage capacity for fuel in the country to boost buffer stocks when ships are delayed, Energ...

September 4, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka blackout report makes 11 recommendations to CEB, not signed by regulator

An expert committee that probed a 2020 cascading failure of Sri Lanka's power grid has made 11 recommendations in a inte...

August 30, 2020 5 min read
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Sri Lanka's CEB faulted for 'significant lapses' over 2020 cascading failure

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has been faulted for bad maintenance procedures and significant lapses in...

August 28, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's BOI approves floating LNG unit in Hambantota

Sri Lanka's Board of Investment said it had signed a 97.2 million dollar agreement allowing setting up of floating liqu...

August 24, 2020 1 min read

Utilities Commission probing reason for countrywide blackout on August 16

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka is conducting investigations at the Kerawalapitiya and Norochcholai power p...

Chanka Jayasinghe
August 21, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka power cuts, IPPs in play with coal plants down after grid failure

Sri Lanka's Independent Power Producers are generating 35 percent of daily energy, with the Mahweli River plants adding ...

August 19, 2020 3 min read

Load-shedding or power cuts from tonight for four days

Electricity consumers around the country should expect load-shedding from tonight for at least four days, official sourc...

August 18, 2020 1 min read

Minister and PUCSL demand reports about countrywide power failure in three days

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has demanded that the Ceylon Electricity Board submit an investigat...

August 17, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka in extended blackout as grid fails repeatedly - Update

Sri Lanka's power blackout which started around mid-day has extended towards nightfall as grid failed repeatedly while e...

August 17, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka power grid in total cascading failure

Sri Lanka's power supply operated by state-run Ceylon Electricity Board was hit by a cascading failure cutting off power...

August 17, 2020 1 min read