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Sri Lanka's Laugfs hikes 12.5kg cylinder price by Rs145

Amid rise in gas prices

September 4, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Litro hikes LP Gas 12.5kg cylinder by Rs145

Litro says price rise was moderated by extra stocks ordered last month at a lower price

September 4, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Litro to buy LP Gas from current supplier until privatization

To buy 50-pct of the exiting contract after December

September 2, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka ends QR code-enabled fuel rationing system

The minister told reporters on Friday that consumers can purchase fuel without scanning their QR code from now on.

September 1, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka to solve tax, water and land problems on China refinery

The new administration discussed with China and agreed to fast track the refinery

Sri Lanka India Sampur solar power at 5.97 US cents: President

The joint venture between Ceylon Electricity Board and NTPC of India envisages a 135MW solar plant

Power crisis has readied Sri Lanka for costly emergency; unsolicited plants, mafias win, say CEB Eng...

Sri Lanka's power crisis with daily blackouts has been brought to a stage where the public no longer cares at what price...

April 3, 2019 10 min read

Sri Lanka lube market stagnant in 2018 on soft-peg collapse, hydro power

Sri Lanka's lubricant market has fallen 0.3 percent in 2018 amid Central Bank trade controls to protect a soft-pegged ru...

April 3, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB needs Rs40bn bailout amid Rs89bn projected loss: Minister

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board needs a 40 billion rupee bailout from tax-payers now for fuel bought on c...

April 3, 2019 5 min read

Sri Lanka plans to pay Rs45 a unit to generator owners

Sri Lanka is prepared to pay 45 rupees per kilowatt to owners of generators who can synchronise their plants with the el...

April 2, 2019 1 min read

Chevron calls for Sri Lanka lube regulator with powers to limit competition

Sri Lanka's listed Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc is calling for enforceable regulations to keep unlicensed players out of...

April 2, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka PM, President behind LNG 'hedging style' deals: legislator

Parties promoted by Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Maithripala Sirisena are behind two co...

April 1, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka on track to connect 377MW of solar power by 2020

Sri Lanka has so far built 177 MegaWatts of rooftop solar and a further 300MW of larger plants are under development or ...

April 1, 2019 2 min read

Natural gas fund proposed for Sri Lankan hydrocarbon deposit earnings

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka should set up a natural gas fund to manage the revenue expected from offshore hydrocarbon...

March 29, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka urges energy saving as blackouts pinch

Sri Lankans endured a third straight day of blackouts Wednesday, with families sleeping outdoors to escape the heat and ...

March 29, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks divine help to end power crisis

Sri Lanka's state energy provider sought divine intervention Thursday to break a crippling power shortage, dispatching e...

March 28, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lankan engineers warn against open-ended LNG imports in proposed policy

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan engineers have warned against open-ended liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports implied in ...

March 28, 2019 2 min read

Adani Global wins Sri Lanka coal supply deal

ECONOMYNEXT – Adani Global Pte. Ltd. has won a Sri Lankan government contract to supply 300,000 metric tonnes of ...

March 27, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka imposes power cuts after delaying thermal plant

Sri Lanka has started cutting power after failing to award a contract to build a 300 MegaWatt power plant years amid cor...

March 26, 2019 3 min read

No agreement with Oman Oil and Gas for refinery says Sri Lanka BOI

Sri Lanka's Board of Investment said there was no agreement with Oman's Ministry of Oil and Gas to invest up to 30 perce...

March 21, 2019 2 min read

Transparent, competitive procurement proposed in Sri Lanka natural gas policy

ECONOMYNEXT – A new policy drafted on Sri Lankan plans to introduce natural gas has proposed the government will ...

March 21, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka plans 100MW floating solar farm with Canada

Sri Lanka's will build a 100 MegaWatt floating solar power plant on a reservoir as a joint venture between state agencie...

March 20, 2019 1 min read

Construction of US$3.85bn oil refinery to start in Sri Lanka, exports US$7bn

Sri Lanka will begin construction of a 3.85 billion US dollar oil refinery on March 24, which can export up to 7 billion...

March 19, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's state-run CEB loses Rs25bn in 2018

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has lost 25 billion rupees in 2018, including 11.5 billion rupees of fina...

March 16, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka approves contracts to build 28 small solar power plants

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has approved the award of contracts to investors to build 28 small so...

March 13, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka raised fuel prices below formula in March: Fin Min

Sri Lanka has raised fuel prices below a price formula to help people prepare for an upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year...

March 13, 2019 1 min read