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SriLankan drops pepper & salt from economy class dish, makes on demand after survey

Pepper & salt still served for business class passengers

June 10, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks employment for seamen on Greek ships

PM seeks employment opportunities for Sri Lankans with shipping companies.

June 6, 2024 1 min read

Pakistan Air Sial flights to Sri Lanka likely to lower ticket prices: Envoy

Sri Lanka does not have direct flight to Islamabad yet.

June 4, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Pick Me powers JumJum mobike app in Nepal

The app called JumJum (Let’s Go) will initially launch in Kathmandu

May 14, 2024 2 min read
Presidential probe into SriLankan Airlines and airport authority fraud claims

Absence of investigation into irregularities at SriLankan, Airport and Aviation Services has rendered them ineffective

Sri Lanka to drop provincial prefixes from vehicle number plates

Sri Lanka will drop provincial pre-fixes from vehicle numbers to end the hassle of changing plates when a person from a ...

December 15, 2020 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to fly to Malaysia, Singapore flights increased

State-run SriLankan Airlines said flights to Singapore will be increase to three from the current one from December 18 a...

December 13, 2020 1 min read
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China delayed loan to Sri Lanka expressway for 4.5 years: ex-highways minister

China delayed a loan for an expressway to Kandy for 4.5 years though the building contract was awarded to a Chinese cont...

Chanka Jayasinghe
December 9, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka civil aviation in historic Covid-19 challenges in 2020

Sri Lanka is marking the International Civil Aviation Day on December 07 with the sector facing severe challenges, with ...

December 7, 2020 5 min read

Hambantota port builds station for Sri Lanka police

Hambantota International Port, run by China's CM Ports group as a joint venture with Sri Lanka Ports Authority said it h...

December 6, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard wins cable ship order from France

Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard Plc, a unit of Onomichi of Japan said it had won an order to build a cable laying and repai...

December 3, 2020 2 min read
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CMA CGM in relay transshipment at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port

France based CMA CGM shipping group has engaged in a relay transshipment at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port with two vessels...

November 29, 2020 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines loses Rs36.3bn up to Aug 2020

SriLankan Airlines has lost 36.38 billion rupees up to August 2020, amid a Coronavirus crises that hit all carriers, aga...

November 20, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka Navy to buy emergency response vessel from Colombo Dockyard

Sri Lanka Navy has been cleared to purchase a Maintenance and Emergency Response Vessel (MERV) from Colombo Dockyard Plc...

November 19, 2020 1 min read

SriLankan to offer a whopping handshake to retiring employees - Cabinet

The Cabinet has approved a Voluntary Retirement Scheme for 560 employees of SriLankan Airlines which will cost a whoppin...

November 17, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka Colombo port returning to normal despite Coronavirus hit: Chairman

Operations at Colombo Port will be steadily brought back to normal over the week with extra staff brought in after a abo...

November 15, 2020 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines to get US$150mn cash injection in 2020: PM

State-run SriLankan Airlines would get a 150 million dollar cash injection in 2020 which would be part of a 500 million ...

November 12, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka lifts government fees on long-distance buses during Covid-19 crisis

ri Lanka will lift a series of fees charged from inter-provincial private bus operators from March to December 2020 to r...

November 10, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port hit by Coronavirus as Covid-19 cases top 12,700

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port and the Department of Customs has been hit by Coronavirus as total cases went up and several Co...

November 6, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka opposition claims administration going back on ECT promise

Opposition legislator Harsha de Silva claimed that the government was planning to bring in an Indian party to operate a ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 4, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka starts operations at East Container Terminal in Colombo

State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority has started container operations at a new partially built terminal in Colombo that w...

October 28, 2020 1 min read
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China-run terminal in Sri Lanka's Colombo port to boost capacity

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had cleared tax relief for 90 million dollar investment to boost capacity at a terminal...

October 28, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lankan Airlines says Covid-19 test mandatory from Oct 18

State-run SriLankan Airlines says a negative Covid-19 test is mandatory for all departing passengers from October 2020.

October 17, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Airlines airport cargo unit staffer found with Coronavirus

SriLankan Airlines said a staff working at the cargo operations division at international airport in Katunayake had test...

October 12, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka slows repatriation flights at airport as Covid-19 quarantine needs go up

Sri Lanka has slowed repatriation flights as a domestic cluster expands taking up quarantine capacity and SriLankan Airl...

October 11, 2020 2 min read