Sri Lanka tea, apparel exports to India rise sharply
May 25, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's exports of tea and apparel to India rose sharply in 2009 as impediments in a free trade deal between the two neighbours were …
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Sri Lanka Tokyo Cement sets up unit to sell excess power
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) has set up a fully-owned subsidiary to sell excess electricity from a power plant at a cement …
Sri Lanka Vidullanka buys into mini-hydro power firm
May 13, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan private power producer Vidullanka plans to invest 42 million rupees for a stake in another hydropower firm that is to …
Sri Lanka gets Japan funds for power in war-torn north
May 13, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will re-build a 1. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA buy valtrex online …
Sri Lanka power sector seen enticing private investors
Apr 19, 2010 (LBO) - More private investment is likely to get attracted to Sri Lanka's power sector given stable and growing demand and improve profitability …
Sri Lanka state power, petroleum utilities could be listed: Central Bank
Apr 13, 2010 (LBO) - Units of Sri Lanka's state petroleum and power utilities could be listed in the Colombo Stock exchange to broad base their ownership and …
Sri Lanka plans $230mn waste energy plant
Apr 07, 2010 (LBO) - A Malaysian-Bahraini joint venture, Orizon Renewable Energy, plans to invest 230 million US dollars in Sri Lanka to set up a power plant …
Sri Lankan hydro power producer starts new plant
Apr 05, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan private power producer Vidullanka PLC commissioned and connected its fourth power plant to the national grid on March 26, the …
Sri Lanka Distilleries makes hydro power move
Mar 30, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Distilleries Company, said it was spending 750 million rupees to buy into a 4 MegaWatt hydro power plant in a tea plantation …
Sri Lanka’s first commercial wind energy plant to start
Mar 18, 2010 (LBO) - Senok Wind Power, Sri Lanka's first commercial wind energy plant, will start operating this month in Puttalam in the island's north …
Sri Lanka kicks off second coal plant
Mar 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa has launched the second stage of a coal power complex built with Chinese financing which will add …
Sri Lanka gets ADB, Japan help to improve electricity services
Feb 17, 2010 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan will provide support to Sri Lanka to improve its power transmission system and expand rural …
Sri Lanka electricity ˜tariff deficit’ 30-pct: expert
Feb 10, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s loss-making state power utility, whose rates have been held below cost by successive governments for political …
Sri Lanka Hemas Power Dec net up 71-pct
Feb 09, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hemas Power said December quarter net profit rose 71 percent to 142 million rupees from a year ago as thermal …
Sri Lanka to sign coal plant deal with India after elections
Jan 21, 2010 (LBO) - The wrapping up of a joint venture deal to build a coal power plant on Sri Lanka's eastern coast by India's National Thermal Power …
Sri Lanka to study nuclear power feasibility
Jan 21, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is seeking Korean help to study the feasibility of starting a nuclear power plant in the island, power and energy ministry …
Sri Lanka power generation, diesel sales up in October
Jan 15, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's power generation rose 3.9 percent in August 2009 to 856 GigaWatt hours from a year earlier, with hydro power increasing its …
Sri Lanka Hemas buys small hydro power plant
Jan 04, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Hemas Power said it has bought a 2.6 megawatt (MW) hydro-power plant in the Nuwara Eliya district in the central hills …
Sri Lankan hydro power producer rated ‘BBB+’
Dec 22, 2009 (LBO) – Private power producer Vidullanka PLC has been given a short term financial rating of P2 and a long term rating of BBB+, by agency …
Sri Lanka in push for solar energy
Dec 12, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's renewable energy promotion agency is in a new drive to push larger solar power plants connected to the national grid in Sri …