On December 26, 2004, the No. 50 Matara Express, Queen of the Sea, was packed with 1,700 passengers heading south through Sri Lanka. But as the train stopped in Ambalangoda, a catastrophe was already ...

In a remarkable achievement for railway infrastructure, Assam and the Northeast have seen an addition of 1,824 km of new ...

Sri Lanka’s island charm is as vivid as it is varied. With a blend of flowering spice groves, lush tea plantations and ...

Dr Sarala Fernando The detailed Joint Statement issued on December 16, 2024 after President Dissanayake’s State Visit to India lists a number of areas covered in the bilateral discussions: Political ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 5 to 8 mph (8 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 76 °F (24.4 °C). Cloudy with a high of 87 °F (30.6 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph ...

Ex-navy officer Yoshitha was arrested from their home territory of Beliatta over the investigation of alleged misconduct in the purchase of the property during the term of his father’s ...

The railways ministry's budget allocations could rise to between 2.9 trillion rupees and 3 trillion rupees ($33.5 billion-$34.7 billion) for the 2025/26 fiscal year, up from 2.55 trillion rupees, a ...

Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy in 2022 and halted repayments on some repayments on some US$83 billion in domestic and foreign loans. In November 2023, Sri Lanka reached an agreement with China ...

The issuing of railway e-tickets is jointly operated by the Sri Lanka Railway Department and Sri Lanka Mobitel. The investigating officers also informed the court that this investigation was ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - India will bump up spending on the modernisation of its railways in the upcoming federal budget while marginally increasing allocations to road building, two ...

Public ownership of the UK's railways is not a "silver bullet" for guaranteeing a better service for passengers, the transport secretary has said. Heidi Alexander told a gathering of rail industry ...

East Midlands Railway (EMR) has launched maps to provide disabled passengers with "key accessibility information" across its stations. The train operator said the maps outline step-free access ...