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Singapore Airlines increases Sri Lanka flights to 5 times a week

Singapore Airlines said it is increasing weekly flights to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from the current three to five a ...

April 12, 2021 1 min read

Evergreen ship blocking Suez Canal beginning to float helped by Super Moon

A ship blocking Suez canal has been refloated helped by rising tides after several days of work with tugs and dredgers, ...

March 29, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka exporters braced for delays, higher freight rates from Suez Canal shock

Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are braced for a spike in already high freight rates and delays amid rising fears th...

March 26, 2021 3 min read

Suez canal shipping suspended amid efforts to re-float grounded Evergreen vessel

Ship traffic across the Suez canal has been suspended as efforts are made to dislodge an Evergreen container ship that i...

March 26, 2021 2 min read
Israel and Sri Lanka sign direct flights deal

Sri Lanka signs direct flight agreement to facilitate sending more workers to Israel

Sri Lanka's China-backed Hambantota Port eyes container transshipment

In 2024 we will be looking at container transshipment for which the port is now ready

Sri Lanka Shipping buys tug, eyes niche businesses

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Shipping Co. Ltd said it has bought a new 75 ton bollard pull tug to serve Colombo port o...

January 16, 2016 2 min read

China's Cosco Shipyard and CHEC eye Sri Lanka drydock

ECONOMYNEXT - China's Cosco Shipyard Group Company Ltd and China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd are studying the feasib...

January 15, 2016 1 min read

ADB approves $175m loan for Sri Lanka road improvements

ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank said it has approved a loan of 175 million US dollars to improve rural r...

January 13, 2016 1 min read

Qatar Airways in biggest ever promotion

ECONOMYNEXT - Doha, Qatar based, Qatar Airways said it had started the biggest promotion in its its history giving disco...

January 13, 2016 1 min read

Maersk Line said looking to invest in Sri Lanka container facility

ECONOMYNEXT - Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container carrier, is looking to invest in a new container facilit...

January 13, 2016 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines retires last Airbus A340

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines, the first Asian airline to operate the four-engine Airbus A340 aircraft, said it has r...

January 7, 2016 2 min read

China Exim Bank, HNB to fund Sri Lanka expressway extension

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will borrow 360 million US dollars from the Exim Bank of China and 63.58 million dollars ...

January 7, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to revive port business as debt pressures cash flows

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Ports Authority said it will resume ship fuel sales and expand vehicle transshipment at t...

January 4, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's state airline may have to cancel A350 orders: Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's state-run SriLankan Airlines may have to cancel some of the Airbus A350 aircraft ordered by th...

December 29, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka aid hub prospects seen yielding logistics business gains

ECONOMYNEXT – With Dubai’s global humanitarian aid centre nearing capacity, southern Sri Lanka’s di...

December 28, 2015 3 min read
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SriLankan Airlines operates special flight to replace damaged plane

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it dispatched a special flight from Colombo to Bangkok Wednesday morning to bring ...

December 23, 2015 1 min read

In-flight news updates from SriLankan Airlines

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it has begun offering live news updates while in flight on the latest Thales Avant...

December 21, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka port container volumes up 6-pct, cross 5 mln mark

ECONOMYNEXT – Container volumes at Colombo, Sri Lanka’s main port, crossed the five million mark Monday, h...

December 21, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka to buy new flight information management system

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will call international bids for a new fight information management system, cabinet spokesman Mi...

December 18, 2015 1 min read

ADB to do Sri Lanka rail electrification feasibility

ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank has agreed to fund a feasibility study on upgrading the suburban railway...

December 15, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka mulls smart cards, GPS for public transport

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s new government is working to improve public transport as a viable alternative to privat...

December 14, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka mulls relaxing airspace restrictions

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is considering relaxing air space restrictions slapped during wartime as part of an overall avia...

December 14, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka state railway land said seized by politicians

ECONOMYNEXT - A Sri Lankan parliamentarian has called for a probe into how land owned by the los-making state railway w...

December 11, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Mattala airport to offer aircraft parking

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka will soon offer aircraft parking services from the country's second international airport in Matt...

December 11, 2015 1 min read

Competitive bids for Sri Lanka expressway project

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s new government has decided to call for competitive bids to build sections of a n...

December 10, 2015 1 min read