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Sri Lanka arrests X-Press Pearl captain under pollution law, seeks IMO expertise

IMO expertise also sought

June 14, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka seeks US$40mn in interim damages from X-Press Pearl

Expert Committees to assess longer term damage

June 12, 2021 1 min read

Partially sunken X-Press Pearl off Sri Lanka leaching grey material into sea

Vessel carried over 800 tonnes of caustic soda and also urea

June 11, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka to probe spill-like satellite images of X-Press Pearl wreck: Minister

Up to June 09 no oil spill was reported on the vessel that carried sodium hydroxide

June 10, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka's China-backed port starts container transshipment amid Red Sea crisis

The boxes arrived from Rotterdam and will be taken to Dubai

KKS Port acquires Sri Lanka Cement Corp land

Kankasanthurai Port has acquired 23 acres and 12 perches of land belonging to Cement Corporation at 52 million rupees

Runway closure costs Sri Lanka national airline $50 million

Sri Lanka's loss-making national carrier stands to lose some $50 million in revenue when the only runway at the Colombo ...

August 26, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks Indian stake in Colombo port amid Chinese presence

Sri Lanka would like to see an investor from India take a share in a private consortium that will be given a concession ...

August 26, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka airline suspends drunk pilot

Sri Lanka's national carrier has suspended a captain who failed a breathalyser test just before he was due to fly 274 pa...

August 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dockyard makes modest recovery in June 2016 quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard said it made a net profit of Rs55 million in the June 2016 ...

August 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to raise overflight fees

Sri Lanka is planning to revise overflight fees for aircraft crossing the airspace of the country

August 3, 2016 1 min read

PIA leases three Airbus A330s from Sri Lanka flag carrier

Pakistan International Airlines had wet-leased three Airbus A330 aircraft from Sri Lanka's flag carrier which will be de...

July 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka says Japan agrees to finance LRT for Colombo

ECONOMYNEXT – Japan has agreed to provide concessional funding to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Sri ...

July 29, 2016 2 min read

Four parties take bid documents for Sri Lanka's Mattala airport

ECONOMYNEXT - Four parties have taken bid document to invest in and manage Sri Lanka's second international airport in M...

July 28, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to buy more Indian trains with US$318mn loan

ECONOMYNEXT – India has approved a fresh loan of US$318 million to Sri Lanka’s railway department to upgra...

July 27, 2016 1 min read

Landside terror attacks, drones, MH370 to figure at aviation regulator meet in Sri Lanka

Civil aviation regulators from Asia Pacific countries will grapple with growing terror attacks on airports, threats from...

July 27, 2016 2 min read
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Biman Bangladesh to fly to Sri Lanka's Colombo

ECONOMYEXT - Biman Bangladesh Airlines had been given the nod to fly to Sri Lanka's this year, an official said, Directo...

July 26, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to close Colombo airport 8 hours a day for runway repairs

Sri Lanka main international airport in the capital Colombo will close four eight hours a day from January 05 to rebuild...

July 26, 2016 1 min read

Reforms yield productivity gains at Sri Lanka port

Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has improved productivity at its container terminals in Colombo port by depoliticising ...

July 26, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka extends deadline in port terminal tender

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has extended by a month the deadline for expressions of interest i...

July 25, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority expanding Colombo port storage

Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has said it is expanding its storage facilities in Colombo port by rebuilding a warehou...

July 25, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines has overpaid for A350-900 aircraft: Minister

State-run SriLankan Airlines has overpaid for Airbus A350-900 in a controversial deal struck during the ousted Rajapaksa...

July 21, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to sub-lease surplus Airbus A330s aircraft to PIA

State-run SriLankan Airlines is expecting to ink a deal to wet-lease a surplus Airbus A330 aircraft to Pakistan Internat...

July 21, 2016 1 min read

Expolanka North America business grows after port strike

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan logistics group Expolanka is looking at expanding presence in North America, a market wh...

July 18, 2016 2 min read

China's IZP may get Sri Lanka's Mattala Airport for Silk Road Station

IZP, a Chinese information technology company that builds financial infrastructure to popularize Renminbi on 'Silk Road ...

July 18, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority says compliant with container weight rule

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) terminals have become compliant with a new international rule that...

July 12, 2016 2 min read