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Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa, Indian PM Modi meet ahead of USD 1 bln credit line deal

The USD 1 billion credit line is expected to be signed during Rahjapaksa's visit, which was postponed twice.

March 16, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka raises bus fares 15-pct after rupee collapse

The minimum fare had gone up from 17 to 20 rupees

March 15, 2022 1 min read

Maldivian to fly to Sri Lanka's Ratmalana airport

First international flights to Ratmalana in 50 years

March 11, 2022 1 min read

SriLankan partners with Manta Air to connect Maldives tourist islands

Partnering with Manta Air will create new opportunities of travel for our valuable customers - SriLankan

March 7, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka has less than 10-pct female pilots, compared to India's 40-pct: Official

“In Sri Lanka, it's very hard to get into the industry of piloting.”

Sri Lanka's Adani, John Keells container terminal to start in early 2025

Quay and yard cranes to arrive in August

Sri Lanka airport targets 10.5mn passengers in 2017

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's main international airport is targeting 10.5 million passengers in 2017, with 9.5 million pass...

July 10, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines says new management trainees hired in unbiased, transparent way

ECONOMYNEXT –SriLankan Airlines said it had recruited 20 new management trainees, selected in an unbiased, fully ...

July 10, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines loses Rs9.5bn in four months

Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines has lost 9.52 billion rupees in the first four months of 2017, up 55 percent fr...

July 8, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines flies Visakhapatnam, India

SriLankan Airlines, the top foreign carrier to India, said it has started flying to Visakhapatnam in Andra Pradesh from ...

July 7, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s CICT voted best container terminal

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has been voted the Best Contain...

July 5, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Rajagiriya flyover work speeds up

ECONOMYNEXT – Work on a flyover meant to ease traffic jams on the most congested corridor to Sri Lanka’s c...

July 4, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka port deal will ease pressure on rupee: shipping minister

ECONOMYNEXT – A deal to lease Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota harbour to a Chinese firm will have economy-...

July 3, 2017 2 min read

Hambantota deal acceptable to both parties ready: Sri Lanka port minister

ECONOMYNEXT – An agreement with China Merchants Port Holdings to run Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota port ...

July 1, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka vehicle registrations weak, tipper truck imports up

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations recovered in May but remained weak compared with last year owing to high...

June 28, 2017 2 min read

President likely to sack SriLankan airline board

President Maithripala Sirisena is tipped to sack the board of directors of Sri Lanka’s national carrier, but is ...

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June 22, 2017 2 min read
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Emirates has no plans to acquire Sri Lanka airline: report

Dubai-based Emirates, a one-time equity partner of Sri Lanka's state-run carrier, said it had no plans acquire the airli...

June 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka to invite bids for ‘Megapolis’ canal ferries

ECONOMYNEXT – Investors interested in providing ferry services along waterways in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo ...

June 16, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines says 1250 staff left and were replaced

State-run SriLankan Airlines says 1,250 appointments reportedly made by its current Board were to replace staff who left...

June 16, 2017 2 min read

Dart Global gets land in Sri Lanka logistics zone

Dart Global Logistics has won a 30-year lease on a two-acre block of land in Muthurajawela, a marshland north of Colombo...

June 15, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines adds flights to southern India

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines will launch services to three more southern Indian cities – Hyderabad, Vi...

June 13, 2017 1 min read

International logistics experts join Sri Lanka’s EFL to guide global expansion

ECONOMYNEXT – EFL, part of Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Group, now owned by Japan’s SG Holdings, has added...

June 12, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s JKH develops online small business logistics service

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings group is developing an online service to help small busines...

June 12, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Advantis sees good prospects in project logistics business

ECONOMYNEXT - Advantis Projects, a Sri Lankan project cargo handler that is part of the Hayleys group, says it sees good...

June 12, 2017 2 min read

Qatar Airways operations normal, extra charters

Qatar Airways' operations are normal and extra charter flight have been arranged to destinations to take stranded passen...

June 8, 2017 1 min read

More SriLankan Airlines flights to Gulf mooted after Qatar crisis

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake has suggested the national carrier...

June 7, 2017 2 min read