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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

Sri Lanka keen to resume unilaterally cancelled LRT, but no agreement from Japan: FM

Gotabaya Rajapaksa's cancellation led to severed diplomatic ties with Japan

May 9, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka expressway SOE to help pay off Rs860bn in debt: Minister

Dire need for optimal management of commercially productive assets to pay off debt of over Rs860bn

May 6, 2024 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

May 5, 2024 1 min read
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

Supreme Global Holdings with Qatar, India investors, bids for SriLankan

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Sri Lanka's Colombo Port volumes up 24-ct on Red Sea attacks

New ship-to-shore cranes at the ports East Container Terminal can further boost volumes

May 1, 2024 1 min read

SriLankan to codeshare with Air Seychelles to Africa

New codeshare will expand travel options for passengers from Australia to Africa

April 26, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Mattala Airport to be managed by India, Russia companies

Management of MRIA awarded to Russia-India joint venture on a 30-year contract

April 26, 2024 1 min read

SriLankan Engineering implements AMOS ERP

It will be able to boost engineering productivity, reduce costs and maintain quality and consistency in its maintenance

April 25, 2024 2 min read

SriLankan Air Europe flight times extended, payloads cut amid Israel-Iran attacks

Passenger miss flights due to earlier departures

April 20, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's FitsAir begins Colombo-Dhaka flights

FitsAir will initially operate two weekly flights Wednesday and Sunday on Dhaka-Colombo route with Airbus A320 aircraft

April 19, 2024 1 min read

Iran rescues 21 Sri Lanka sailors from storm tossed tanker

Cook Islands-flagged tanker had been caught in heavy storms

April 18, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport briefed on Boeing B777-9 operations

Boeing's B-777X models promises greater fuel efficiency w

April 15, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to pilot pre-arrival processing of import shipments from May

"We plan on getting cargo information 48 hours before the departure of the ship from the foreign port,"

Apsara Rodrigo
April 10, 2024 1 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

April 9, 2024 2 min read
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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

April 9, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Access to complete substructure of halted airport terminal

The work will also address the issue of deterioration of steel reinforcements

April 9, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to turn World War II-era Hingurakgoda air base to international airport

"Our final target is like Mattala and Palali to make this a dedicated airport for civil aviation."

April 5, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka container volumes surge 30-pct in Feb amid Red Sea troubles

Up to February 2024, transshipment volumes were up 27.2 percent

April 5, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka air passenger traffic up 40-pct in Jan-Feb

Tourists arriving by air had risen 104.65 percent to 452,532 in the first two months

April 3, 2024 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines to lease four wide-body aircraft

Operating leases for 6 and 8 years

April 2, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Access Engineering wins work under airport expansion project

Identified work under BIADP Phase II

April 2, 2024 1 min read

Thai Airways resumes daily flights between Bangkok and Colombo

Thai Airways flights are operated daily

April 1, 2024 1 min read

Thailand explores Hambantota Port ahead of FTA, box handling

The port’s plans to commence its first phase of container operations was also discussed

April 1, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka port development taken new turn with China help: Prime Minister

"Colombo port will become a hub, a new developed port with financial instruments that could cater to new demands"

March 30, 2024 2 min read
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