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Sri Lanka pro-govt legislator calls for privatisation of SriLankan Airlines

“We are a broken nation and we all need to get together and [uplift] the broken nation."

August 12, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka to allow electric tuk tuks

To reduce fossil fuels

August 9, 2022 1 min read

SriLanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines pays bond interest after sovereign debt default

The government defaulted an interest payment of 78 million US dollar of a sovereign bond on May 19

July 26, 2022 2 min read

Saudi plane with Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa lands in Singapore

.he Saudi Air flight SV788 landed in Changi Airport at 1917 local time (1647 Sri Lanka Time)

July 14, 2022 1 min read
US sanctions Indian firm involved in deal with Sri Lanka’s Mattala airport

Chinese-built Mattala airport has been dubbed as "World's emptiest airport"

Sri Lanka's Adani-JKH terminal gets quay and yard cranes

Expects operations to start in 2025

Sri Lanka to buy electric buses for BRT system

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s government bus service is to buy 50 electric buses for a planned Bus Rapid Transit (BR...

January 18, 2018 1 min read

Ashok Leyland Sri Lanka unit December net profit up 81-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan unit of Ashok Leyland has reported a sharp rise in net profit for the December 2017 ...

January 15, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Rajagiriya flyover cost down, length same: Harsha

A flyover that has helped speed up traffic along a key highway leading to Colombo is an interim solution pending a light...

January 13, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to make Kankesanturai commercial port with India funds

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is to make the northern port of Kankesanturai a commercial port that will handle regional...

January 12, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hayleys offloads oil rig from Brazil in sheltered Trincomalee

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Hayleys Energy Services said it had safely offloaded an oil rig that had arrived in Trincomale...

January 10, 2018 2 min read

India's IndiGo to fly thrice daily to Sri Lanka's Colombo

India's IndiGo, a fast-expanding budget carrier said it will fly to Sri Lanka's capital from Chennai and Bangalore, maki...

January 9, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to open Rs4.7bn flyover to ease congestion

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena will declare open a 4.7 billion rupee flyover in Sri Lanka capital with acces...

January 5, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka small hybrid car imports pick up in November

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan registrations of vehicles continued a slow recovery in November, except for an increase ...

January 2, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka expressway users top 100,000 in holiday weekend

More than 110,000 motorists had used an expressway to the South kicking off the 2017 holiday weekend, making it the busi...

December 30, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets first US$292mn from China for Hambantota Port

Sri Lanka has received 292.1 million US dollars from China Merchant Port Holdings Company Ltd, as the first instalment f...

December 26, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka's Colombo port handles 6mn TEUs by December 2017

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port hand handled 6.0 million twenty foot equivalent unit (TEUs) up to December 22, with the help of...

December 26, 2017 1 min read

Pilots press case for ditching SriLankan chairman

Pilots of the national carrier have accused its chairman Ajith Dias of undermining the credibility of Sri Lankan among l...

Our Political Correspondent
December 21, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka to expand city airport at Ratmalana

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government is to expand the airport at Ratmalana, in a southern suburb and closest t...

December 20, 2017 1 min read

New Sri Lanka shipping service with Yangon, Chennai

ECONOMYNEXT – A dedicated feeder shipping service connecting Sri Lanka’s Colombo port with Yangon in Myanm...

December 19, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to call tenders for two pilot boats

State run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA will call international tenders to buy two pilot boats, the sate information o...

December 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority to call bids for pilot boats

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Ports Authority is to call for international bids to buy two pilot boats for Colombo port the pr...

December 15, 2017 1 min read

Prefab terminal for Sri Lanka airport after expansion delay

Sri Lanka is planning to install a pre-fabricated terminal as a stop gap solution after a delay in awarding a contract t...

December 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan airlines refuse to disclose perks of directors

The management of Sri Lanka's debt-laden national carrier has turned down a request from employees seeking information a...

Our Political Correspondent
December 14, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's regulated public bus fleet declines in first half 2017

Sri Lanka's regulated privately owned bus service has declined 2.0 percent to 19,917 in the first half of 2017 from a ye...

December 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka unions call off rail strike after backlash

Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Wednesday - Sri Lanka's railway workers called off an island-wide strike Wednesday that disru...

December 13, 2017 2 min read