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Air Seychelles to operate two flights to Sri Lanka in November

Air Seychelles is the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles.

November 3, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport starts online health declarations

This system aims to reduce queuing time at the airport and reduce physical form filling

October 26, 2021 1 min read

Flight from Sri Lanka to flag-off Kushinagar airport in India

A delegation of politicians and monks to city of significance to Buddhists

October 20, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka to remove heavy industry monopoly in Trincomalee port

Ports agency has around 2000 hectares which could be developed

October 19, 2021 1 min read
Cabinet nod for developing Sri Lanka's World War II-era Hingurakkogda airbase

In early April, the minister said Sri Lanka plans to revamp the Hingurakgoda airport to an international airport.

Sri Lanka looks for investment for ship building, repairing in Oluvil commercial harbour

The port has not been in operation for almost a decade due to sand deposits at the entrance

SriLankan aircraft wet-leased to PIA diverted with RAF escort

An aircraft leased to Pakistan International Airlines, operated by SriLankan crew was diverted on route to London and la...

February 8, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Expolanka December net down 20-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings said December 2016 quarter net profit fell 20% to Rs274 million from...

February 3, 2017 2 min read

Petroleum carrier MT Doradus to be auctioned in Sri Lanka

Motor Tanker Doradus, a petroleum product carrier will be auctioned by an order of Sri Lanka's High Courts on February 1...

January 29, 2017 1 min read

China container terminal drives Sri Lanka volumes, despite India trade drop

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port has increased throughput over the past two years, with the commissioning of a deep draft termin...

January 28, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority to operate East Terminal first phase: Minister

Sri Lanka Ports Authority will procure cranes and operate part of a terminal which has since been offered to private inv...

January 24, 2017 1 min read

SriLankan most punctual among OneWorld airlines

SriLankan Airlines said it had been rated the most punctual among carriers in the OneWorld global alliance, during the f...

January 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka to regularize small vessels, pleasure craft with local rules

Sri Lanka will issue standardised regulations for small commercial vessels, including pleasure crafts, according to a pr...

January 22, 2017 2 min read

Minister vows to clean up Sri Lankan airlines

Sri Lanka's State Enterprise Development minister Kabir Hashim vowed to "clean up the mafia" at Sri Lankan airlines and ...

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January 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka launches back-up plan to seek partner for state airline

Sri Lanka has appointed a three-member ministerial committee to seek a partner for state-run SriLankan Airlines if the t...

January 20, 2017 1 min read

Bidder for Sri Lankan airline pleads for 'divine grace'

A bidder for Sri Lanka's loss-making national airline on Thursday promised to appease Lord Murugan and conduct daily rit...

January 19, 2017 3 min read
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SriLankan Airlines cargo volumes up 13-pct to new high in 2016

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s national carrier said cargo volumes rose 12.9 percent to a new high of 239,636 t...

January 18, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to expand regulatory Raj; three wheeler regulator next

Sri Lanka is getting ready to set up yet another regulatory agency at taxpayer expense, this time to regulate three whee...

January 18, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka clamps down on tuk-tuks as death toll mounts

Sri Lanka on Friday tightened the rules governing the around one million tuk-tuks -- rickety three-wheel taxis -- on its...

January 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka may consider other options for SriLankan Airlines: Finance Minister

Sri Lanka may consider other transparent options to find a partner for state-run SriLankan Airlines if the government de...

January 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka ex-President says Hambantota port deal worst alternative

Sri Lanka's ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa says a decision to sell 80 percent of Hambantota Port for 99 years to China M...

January 10, 2017 8 min read

Sri Lanka mulls airline, business class check in to ease airport congestion

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is considering introducing a separate business class check-in and allowing passenger chec...

January 10, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka hopes to finalize Hambantota port deal in two weeks: Malik

Sri Lanka hopes to wrap a deal with China to run the Hambantota Port in the next two weeks, International Trade Minister...

January 5, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka still negotiating with China over Hambantota port: PM

Sri Lanka is still negotiating with China over several agreements relating to the Hambantota Port, Prime Minister Ranil ...

January 5, 2017 1 min read

Container volumes up 28-pct at Chinese terminal in Sri Lanka port

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT), run by China Merchants Port Holdings ...

January 2, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka can cut losses and benefit from Chinese investment in Hambantota: Samarajiva

Sri Lanka can reap benefits from Chinese investments in Hambantota which is now a dead weight with cost million in loan ...

December 29, 2016 5 min read