Category: Industry
Sri Lanka offers islets, beaches, wetland on 99-year leases for tourism
Aug 27, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourist development agency has offered islets, hundreds of acres of land bordering beaches, a wildlife reserve and a wetland on 99-year leases to build tourism related projects. Eight islets in Kalpitiya off the western coast of Sri Lanka 150 kilometres north of the capital Colombo are being offered […]
Sri Lanka state-carrier and Royal Jordanian in code-share deal
Aug 24, 2012 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines and Royal Jordanian has a signed a code-share deal which will be effective from August 26, for three weekly flights between Colombo and Amman. “Royal Jordanian becomes SriLankan’s sixth codeshare partner, and the first that is a full-fledged oneworld member,” SriLankan Airlines chief exective, Kapila Chandrasena, said in […]
Capital Projects
Aug 24, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s urban development agency will take-over several state properties in two key locations in the island’s capital Colombo for city development and leisure projects, a minister said. It will be converted in to a leisure and tourism zone with hotels, restaurants and entertainment activities. The UDA is also set […]
Sri Lanka listed firms to merge, build new hotel
Aug 24, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s listed Palm Gardens and Riverina Hotels said they would merge through a share swap and the new entity would build a 500 room hotel. Investors holding 14.1 million Riverina shares would get one share of Palm Garden for every two held, the two firms said in stock exchange […]
Micro Framework
Aug 24, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s micro finance institutions will be regulated through a three tier framework where large scale entities will be brought under the direct supervision of the Central Bank, minister Keheliya Rambukwelle said. The Central Bank will set principles and standards to regulate the micro financiers. The cabinet of ministers had […]
Sri Lanka tea brand expands China café franchise, R&Ds new products
Aug 24, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s HVA Foods, a branded tea producer and exporter said a franchise tea café network in China had expanded to 25 in the past year, while the firm was also researching new forms of delivering tea to customers. First established in 2009, the franchise network grew to 20 by […]
Sri Lanka state carrier franchises training arm to Maldives
Aug 23, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run SriLankan Airlines said its training arm had struck a franchise agreement with Orient Express Pvt Limited, a services company in the Maldive Islands. International Aviation Academy, SriLankan’s training arm which is recognized by the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) provided training for the airline and also for […]
Outlook Revision
Aug 23, 2012 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has confirmed an ‘AA(lka)’ rating of Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank but cut its outlook to stable from positive, saying its core capital build-up was weaker than expected though still above the regulatory minimum. “The Outlook revision reflects the weaker-than-expected build-up of SB’s core capitalisation relative to higher rated […]
Shipping Trend
Aug 23, 2012 (LBO) – Containers handled at Sri Lanka’s ports fell 1. 8 percent to 1.718 million twenty foot equivalent units in the first five months of the year, though there was recovery in transshipment volumes in May, official data show. Total cargo discharged rose 5.5 percent to 16.6 million metric tonnes up to […]
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, cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwelle said. The first phase of the Hambantota port, also financed by China has been positioned as an industrial port with facilities to […]
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 Keheliya Rambukwelle said. The Exim Bank will provide 200 million US dollars under preferential buyers credit terms and the government of China will give a concessional loan […]
Sri Lanka coal plant: Chinese designer says accusations unfair
Aug 22, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Chinese built coal plant which is breaking down repeatedly has been over-used without scheduled maintenance but had still saved billions of rupees to the power utility, its designer has said. Zhao Wenxue, from the Northwest Electric Design Institute which designed the plant said in a statement that most […]