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Sri Lanka Transport Board expansion will reduce passengers, says private bus grouping

SLTB plans to include 500 more buses from through an India credit line in 2023 and so far 125 buses have been added.

February 6, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to spend Rs10bn to give free rice to families

The government will buy 61,600 metric tonnes of paddy to produce 40,000 MT of rice.

January 17, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka Railways plans to recruit 8,000 workers

The multi-task force was allocated 9.8 billion rupees in the 2023 budget.

January 15, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's state-run LP gas firm reduces prices on easing global price

Sri Lanka saw long queues for cooking gas last year

January 5, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka to implement new vehicle revenue licence issuing system

A new system of issuing vehicle licences called eRL 2.0 is to be implemented in 8 provinces

ADB-funded Sri Lanka railways squatter relocation project 45 pct complete

Project to relocate squatters living on Sri Lanka Railways lands along Kelanivalley line, and improve railway efficiency

Sri Lanka PMI rebounds strongly in June as Coronavirus controls relaxed

Sri Lanka's manufacturing and services Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) has rebounded strongly for the second month in ...

July 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka eases Coronavirus austerity on wedding parties

Sri Lanka has relaxed guest limits on wedding parties allowing couples to have more lavish wedding and hotels to earn mo...

Chanka Jayasinghe
July 7, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka tech campus drives online exams in Covid-19 lockdown

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, a fee levying tech campus said nearly 10,000 students sat for exams onlin...

July 1, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka day-care centres to run full capacity with Covid-19 contained

Sri Lanka's health authorities have given the go ahead to for day care centres to run at full capacity from July 06, und...

Chanka Jayasinghe
June 30, 2020 7 min read

Addresses of 42,000 airmailed parcels to Sri Lanka lost at sea in Coronavirus crisis: Minister

Over 42,000 parcels airmailed to Sri Lanka from China and neigbhouring countries sent by sea container as airports were ...

Chanka Jayasinghe
June 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka manufacturing, services rebounds sharply in May from Coronavirus plunge: PMI

Manufacturing activity has rebounded strongly in May as Sri Lanka emerged from a Coronavirus crisis with some firms swit...

June 16, 2020 2 min read

Uber backs Sri Lanka health workers battling Coronavirus

Ride-share firm Uber has introduced a program to provide up to 8.5 million rupees of free rides with 26 cars to top key ...

June 10, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka salons in survival battle amid Coronavirus and import controls

Sri Lanka's salons are struggling to make a comeback after a two month Coronavirus closure which devastated their busine...

Tania Madies and Chanka Jayasinghe
June 5, 2020 4 min read

Lion Brewery Sri Lanka rating lifted to 'AAA(lka)' by Fitch, despite 22-pct sales hit on Covid-19

The local rating of Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery (Ceylon) Plc, has been lifted to 'AAA(lka)' after a downgrade of the sover...

June 4, 2020 5 min read

Carlton Sports Network to resume broadcasts soon - Rohan Welivita

The Carlton Sports Network Television channel (CSN), will resume operations soon, a senior executive of the company said...

May 27, 2020 3 min read
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Seychelles patients who came to Sri Lanka need heart surgery, cancer treatment: embassy

A group of Seychelles citizens who flew to Sri Lanka were in urgent need of medical care including cancer treatment and ...

May 26, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Sunshine Holdings boosts stake in tea marketing firm

Sri Lanka's Sunshine Holdings has boosted its stake in a branded tea company and trimmed the group interest in oil palm ...

May 12, 2020 1 min read

Sarvodaya Development Finance staff helps daily wage earners

Staff of Sarvodaya Development Finance, a licensed finance company, has contributed a part of their pay to help daily wa...

May 11, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka barbers seeking towels, salons struggling to obey Covid-19 rules

Sri Lanka's barbers do not have enough towels and beauty salons are also struggling to revamp their places of business t...

Chanka Jayasinghe
May 10, 2020 9 min read

Sri Lanka listed companies hit by Coronavirus, some firms resume work

Sri Lanka's publicly traded companies have said Coronavirus and curfews had badly hit their cashflows and revenues but s...

May 7, 2020 11 min read

Sri Lanka retailers appeal for 50-pct rent cut as most shops closed

Sri Lanka Retailers' Association (SLRA) which represents clothing, consumer durables, footwear, fashion and jewellery as...

May 5, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka businesses call for labor law flexibility, deferred EPF in Coronavirus curfews

Sri Lanka's businesses hit by Coronavirus curfews need flexible labor laws to prevent, deferment in Employees Provident ...

Chanka Jayasinghe
May 2, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka economy after Covid-19 - biz leaders speak out - WATCH VIDEO

Sri Lanka business leaders in consumer, healthcare, construction, exports and telecoms are on a live online forum discus...

May 1, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka biz leaders online at Echelon Decodes: The economy after Covid on May 01 at 1000

Sri Lanka business leaders in consumer, healthcare, construction, exports and telecoms will be at an online forum discus...

April 30, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka private hospitals to give Coronvirus testing capacity to government

Sri Lanka's private hospitals have agreed to give their laboratory test capacity to the government to conduct Coronavir...

April 29, 2020 3 min read
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