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Yacht yard at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port: Namal

US$58mn to be invested

August 9, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota port backed by China's Sinopec to expand bunkers offering

First cruise ship since Covid-19 pandemic calls at Hambantota

August 6, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Katunanayake, Mattala airports to run IFS ERP

The software will connect smaller airports owned and operated by the state-run AASL

August 4, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Adani-JKH US$650mn port terminal gets 25-year tax holiday

First 600mn phase to be operation in 36-months

August 4, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka and India ferry to start on May 13 with tax breaks

India to reduce charges and costs by Rs25mn a month

SriLankan Airlines regrets for flight delays to and from London

SriLankan flights have faced some delays in the recent past in both Colombo and foreign airports

Sri Lanka state bus, rail to be self-financing by 2018: Budget 2017

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s loss-making state-owned bus and railway services will be expected to be self-fin...

November 10, 2016 1 min read

India’s RITES gets Sri Lanka railway engine contract

ECONOMYNEXT – India’s RITES Ltd. has been given a contract to supply Sri Lanka’s railway with 10 di...

November 10, 2016 1 min read

KLM Royal Dutch resumes Sri Lanka flights

ECONOMYNEXT - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it has resumed flights to Sri Lanka on November 1 after nearly two decades, ...

November 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Sept net down 39-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings PLC said September 2016 quarter group net profit fell 39 perc...

November 8, 2016 2 min read

Small car prices come down in Sri Lanka ahead of budget

ECONOMYNEXT - Car dealers were aggressively advertising discounted prices on small cars amid expectations that Thursday'...

November 8, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan employs some staff of grounded budget carrier

State-run SriLankan Airlines had employed 50 cabin crew from Mihin Lanka, a loss-making vanity airline started by ex-Pre...

November 7, 2016 1 min read

Maersk keen on Sri Lanka port container terminal

ECONOMYNEXT – Denmark’s Maersk Group, which operates the world’s biggest container shipping line, i...

November 3, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka govt to service Hambantota loans; budget cash from asset sale

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is expecting to raise a $1 billion upfront from the sale of an 80 percent stake in the Southern ...

November 3, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka approves multi modal transport hub for ‘Megapolis’

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to set up a multi-modal transport h...

November 3, 2016 1 min read

Investors only, no airlines seeking to buy SriLankan Airlines

Sri Lanka is likely to end up with narrow shortlist of about 'two or three' investors out of about eight who expressed i...

November 1, 2016 1 min read
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SriLankan Airlines top foreign carrier to India with 106 flights a week

State-run SriLankan Airlines had added 11 new destinations including Gan in the Maldives, Seychelles, Bangladesh, Indone...

October 31, 2016 2 min read

Ashok Leyland to supply new engine kits to Sri Lanka Transport Board

ECONOMYNEXT – Ashok Leyland has won a deal to supply new engine kits for the Sri Lanka Transport Board the majori...

October 19, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines bans Samsung Note 7 phones on board

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it had banned the use and carriage of 'Samsung Note 7' phones on its aircraft.

October 18, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka terminal key growth business for China Merchant Port Holdings

ECONOMYNEXT – The deep-water container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Colombo port has shown the fastest growth a...

October 7, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shipping line renegotiates loan for new ships

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s national carrier, Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) is renegotiating a $70 milli...

October 7, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines says ready for new partner

State-run SriLankan Airlines is ready for a new private partner chosen from an ongoing negotiation process, as it cuts l...

October 6, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shipping line takes delivery of second vessel

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s national carrier, Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) has taken delivery of its se...

October 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Airlines to lease 6 Airbus A320NEOs; boost narrow body fleet

Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines will take delivery of six Airbus A320NEO aircraft over 2017 and 2018, expanding...

October 5, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to fly to Gan Island, Maldives

SriLankan Airlines will begin flying to Gan Island in the Maldives from this winter, Chief Executive Suren Ratwatte said...

October 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Airlines losses Rs11.50bn in year to March; cuts operating loss to Aug

State-run SriLankan Airlines had lost Rs16.3 billion, including one-off items, but operating losses had been cut to Rs9....

October 5, 2016 1 min read