Sri Lanka airport gets international health safety certification

Sri Lanka’s main international airport in Katunayake has been certified as having complied to internationally recognized health and safety measures by Airports Council International (ACI) an industry body representing world airports, an official said. “We are certified as a safe airport by ACI airport health accreditation programme,” Shehan Sumanasekara, Director-Operations, Airport and Aviation Services (Sri…

Port of Colombo Operations – Status Report

The Port of Colombo is committed to relentlessly pursue minimal end-to-end port time for vessels. This remains our perpetual aspiration and promise to customers. Joint communiqué by Sri Lanka Ports Authority, South Asia Gateway Terminal and Colombo International Container Terminal Port operations have normalised as reported in the last communiqué dated 21 Dec 2020. However,…

Sri Lanka and Australia Discuss Indian Ocean Security

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva and Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop had talks on security in the Indian Ocean. De Silva was making a follow-up visit to Canberra after Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe announced willingness to discuss the design and development of an Indian Ocean Order on the freedom of…