Air Scrap
COLOMBO, Nov 28, 2012 (AFP) - The Maldives defended Wednesday its controversial decision to terminate an airport management contract with an Indian firm, …
Shipping and Transport
Road Finance
Nov 19, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has got a loan of 98 million US dollars from the Asian Development Bank for a 112. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices …
Vehicle Taxes
Nov 15, 2012 (LBO) - Prices of small cars may go up by 200,000 and trucks by about 400,000, and three wheelers by about 25,000 following tax changes announced …
Half Astern
Nov 05, 2012 (LBO) - Ships calling at Sri Lanka's ports fell by 38 to 350 in August 2012 from a year earlier and domestic container handling fell sharply as …
Distress Call
Oct 31, 2012 (LBO) - Rescuers are still looking for four missing crewmen from a Vietnamese cargo vessel that sank in heavy seas 150 nautical miles off Sri …
Loss Leaders
Oct 18, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state railway system had lost 28.2 billion rupees over the past seven years and 2,689 employees had been hired into the …
Faster Roads
Sept 17, 2012 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank has approved 98 million US dollars in additional financing to expand a road re-building program in Sri Lanka's …
Logistics
Sept 17, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hemas group said it has formed a logistics company with Forwardair Logistics (Pvt) Ltd, taking 50 percent of the joint …
Vehicle Trend
Sept 15, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations had fallen 39.5 percent to 27,185 in August 2012, from a year earlier, though there was marginal pick …
Land Connections
Sept 12, 2012 (LBO) - China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited has been given a 40 billion rupees (303 million US dollars) contract to build …
Gadol Brake
Sept 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's new vehicle registrations have plunged 48 percent in June 2012 from a year earlier in the wake of higher taxes and currency …
Bridge Contracts
Aug 30, 2012 (LBO) - A contract to build 46 bridges with a 22 million Euro loan has been given to Matiere and Eiffage Constructions Metalliques, a France based …
Shipping Trend
Aug 23, 2012 (LBO) - Containers handled at Sri Lanka's ports fell 1. buy albenza online http://iddocs.net/images/layout4/gif/albenza.html no prescription …
Port Expansion
Aug 23, 2012 (LBO) - China will finance the expansion of Hambantota Port in the island's south with two loans of 600 million US dollars and one billion yuan, …
Rail Finance
Aug 23, 2012 (LBO) - China will give a 278 million credit to finance a railway track from Matara in Sri Lanka's South to Beliatta, cabinet spokesman minister …
Risky Journey
August 19, 2012 (AFP) UDAPPUWA, Sri Lanka — Two Sri Lankan brothers who joined a wave of asylum seekers heading for Australia were arrested at sea, …
Coming Back
Aug 16, 2012 (LBO) – British airways will resume flights to Sri Lanka in March 2013 after a fifteen year absence in the island, the airline said in a …
Offshore Support
Aug 09, 2012 (LBO) - Increasing demand for ship supply services off Sri Lanka has prompted GAC Sri Lanka, the local unit of the international shipping …
Slow Gear
Aug 08, 2012 (LBO) - A slowdown in Sri Lanka's vehicle ownership continued with registrations for July 2012 dropping 55 percent to 26,799 from 41,481 a year …
Formal Training
August 07, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Shippers’ Academy Colombo has launched a comprehensive transport, logistics and trade course to help …