Commencing Wednesday train services on the Northern line were terminated at Anuradhapura until further notice. According to Railway Department sources this had been decided upon following intelligence reports that the LTTE could resort to sabotage beyond Anuradhapura in view of the Heroes Day it prepares to celebrate on November 27.
The LTTE has planned a week-long [...]
Nov 20, Colombo: The Cabinet of Ministers have agreed to formulate a common policy acceptable to solve the existing problems related to unauthorized residency in lands solely owned by the Railway Department of Sri Lanka.
Minister of Transport, Dullas Alahapperuma in a paper submitted to the Cabinet said that the Department of Railways leases out lands [...]
The Manel Mal Movement has planned to take a ‘Train of Brotherhood’ from Matara to Medawachchiya carrying provisions to the soldiers who are fighting and to the people displaced by the war in the North.
Issuing a media release Dr. Gunadasa Amerasekara, Working Committee Member of the Manel Mal Movement stated the ‘Train of Brotherhood’ is [...]
