China has agreed to lend $290 million to Sri Lanka to build a new airport and revive its railway network, the island nation’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
China will provide a $190 million loan through its funding arm, Exim Bank, to construct the island’s second airport and $100 million to boost the capacity of the [...]
“Don’t be a fool, Girigoris” said Weerakoon, the foreman of the tunnel gang, Way and Works department, to his Minor Supervisor. They were getting down from the special service train near the tunnel No. 18, Pattipola, to unload the men, material and equipment from the train brought along with them for the purpose of carrying [...]
The Indian Railways recently signed an inter-governmental agreement on Trans Asian Railway Network (TARN). This agreement on TARN has been approved under the aegis of the United National Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP). This dream project is likely to cost about Rs 3,000 crore to the Indian Railways in particular.
According to Railway [...]
A proposal to build a railway line between Sri Lanka and India has been included in the agenda of the next SAARC Transport Ministers meeting to be held in Sri Lanka, a senior Minister said yesterday.
Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma told parliament at the committee stage debate of the Transport Ministry that his Ministry was working [...]
Out of the four forms of transport systems available to us in Sri Lanka – rail, road, air and shipping’ we have heard about people saying that the National Carrier – SriLankan Airlines – flying our Sri Lanka flag very high, as it is flying into other countries on schedule flights. But most of us [...]
The Colonial Economy on Track: Roads and Railways in Sri Lanka, 1800-1905,
Colombo Social Scientists Association, 2002.
Indrani Munasinghe
Book Review: By way of critical examination of important British period developments in the spheres of socio-economic activity, political, social and economic historians have already written a great deal. What is of relevance here is note that scholarly studies [...]
At Demodara the surveyors discovered that the elevation of the hills was too great for the track to negotiate. With the maximum inclination allowed in railways at that time being one foot per 44 feet, an innovative track design had to be devised. Situated 172 miles from Colombo, Demodara has joined railway legend for its [...]
BOOK LAUNCH: A journey by train in Udarata Menike to the hill country is fascinating and one of the best experiences a traveller could have in the world said Financial Consultant Das Meriyagolla.
Speaking at the launch of the ‘A comprehensive Guide to information of Sri Lanka’ book written by former Director General of Sri Lanka [...]
