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Sri Lanka court suspends enjoining order issued against Russian Aeroflot flight

The court will decide whether or not to issue an interim injunction, the sources added.

June 6, 2022 1 min read

Aeroflot grounding lands Sri Lanka in diplomatic spat with Russia

Foreign Ministry say the matter is being considered through diplomatic channels

June 4, 2022 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines loses Rs170bn in 2021 amid soft-peg collapse

In the year to March 2022 finance costs went up to Rs122.5bn Rs35.6bn and unrealized forex losses were Rs47.7bn

June 4, 2022 2 min read

Aeroflot suspends Sri Lanka commercial flights

Empty flights to take back passengers

June 4, 2022 1 min read
Cinnamon Air cross-connects Sri Lanka tourist hot spots

From November 01, new flights will connect Koggala and Hambantota with Kandy and Sigiriya

Riyadh-bound Sri Lankan Airline returns after mid-air technical issue

SriLankan flight have faced several technical issues in recent past

AirAsia's Tony Fernandes praises Sri Lanka, after reports of talks

ECONOMYNEXT - Boss of Malaysia's AirAsia Tony Fernandes tweeted praise for Sri Lanka following reports that the budget c...

November 21, 2017 1 min read

AirAsia offers to build budget terminal, JV carrier in Sri Lanka: report

Malaysia's AirAsia has offered to build a 70 million dollar budget terminal as part of an offer to set up a joint ventur...

November 19, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka allows electric car loans up to 90-pct of value

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has relaxed budget proposals slashing Loan to Value (LTV) ratios for car imports and will...

November 16, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka pre-budget vehicle import orders under previous duty rate

ECONOMYNEXT – Individuals who opened Letters of Credit for import of vehicles prior to the presentation of Sri La...

November 16, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard trims losses in Sept quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard said its net loss narrowed to Rs79 million in the September 201...

November 16, 2017 1 min read

CM Port raises first payment for Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port

ECONOMYNEXT – China Merchants Port Holdings (CM Port) has agreed to increase its first instalment payment for lea...

November 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan Airbus aborts flight to Mumbai after on-board emergency

ECONOMYNEXT - A Mumbai-bound SriLankan Airlines flight aborted landing at its destination and returned to base following...

November 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka to replace 70,000 state vehicles in green drive

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's government will buy at least 70,000 hybrid and electric cars in the next seven years in line w...

November 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's small cars down by half a million rupees

ECONOMYNEXT - The latest duty reduction for small cars will see the prices drop by an average of half a million rupees i...

November 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks private investment in domestic airports; aero sports zones

Sri Lanka will seek private public partnerships to develop several domestic airports to help the tourism industry, and a...

November 13, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka proposes shipping liberalization to become logistics hub

Sri Lanka has proposed the removal of ban on foreign ownership of shipping and freight forwarding firms which was preven...

November 10, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to allow foreign ownership in shipping agencies, logistics firms

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government will remove restrictions on foreign ownership of ship agency and freight ...

November 9, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka aims for non-fossil fuel vehicle fleet by 2040

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka aims to convert all its vehicles into those powered by non-fossil fuels with import taxes...

November 9, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Colombo port to handle 6mn containers this year

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo port expects to handle six million containers this year, most of which w...

November 8, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka India JV for Mattala airport 'in a few months' : PM

Sri Lanka and India will form a joint venture to run the island's second international airport in Mattala, while a Chine...

November 6, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan transport experts rally for rail over bloated Kandy expressway costs

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan transport professionals are lobbying for rail transport priority, saying the government ...

November 4, 2017 4 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo moves to 25 among container ports

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port has moved up two places to become the 25th busiest container port, next to Vietnam's Ho Chi Min...

November 2, 2017 1 min read

South Korean firms to do Sri Lanka LRT feasibility study

Sri Lanka’s government has chosen two South Korean engineering consultancy firms to do a pre-feasibility study fo...

November 2, 2017 1 min read

Singapore's Keppel to exit Sri Lanka's JKH logistics unit

Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation Ltd (KT&T), a Singapore listed company said it will sell a 25 percent stake...

November 1, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port container volumes up 6.3-pct up to August

Container volumes handled at Sri Lanka's Colombo port rose 6.3 percent in the eight months to August 2017, with tranship...

October 30, 2017 1 min read