Physical connection to India could dissuade other countries from deepening ties with the island, as it will be seen as New ...

Two rail projects have been inaugurated in Anuradhapura, northern Sri Lanka as part of the India-Sri Lanka development partnership.

It enabled the legendary Indo-Ceylon Boat Mail service — a seamless route that took passengers from Madras (now Chennai) to Dhanushkodi, across the Palk Strait by ferry to Talaimannar in Sri Lanka, ...

Many of these routes include expressway services. The Sri Lanka Railways Department has also introduced 40 additional train services on routes to Badulla, Beliatta, Anuradhapura, Galle, and ...

Until 1964, this was how people travelled between Madras (now Chennai) and Colombo—by the Indo-Ceylon Express, then a ferry across the narrow strait, and finally a train through Sri Lanka. But all of ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has deported several foreign nationals on tourist visas who were conducting businesses locally, Deputy Minister of Tourism Ruwan Ranasinghe said. “We have enforced the law on ...

With a view to cater to both local and foreign tourists the first ‘Calypso tourist train’ implemented by Sri Lanka Railways commenced its inaugural journey from the Nanu Oya Railway Station to the ...

Photograph: Thilina Kaluthotage/Reuters "While there was initially concern that the NPP* government would lean closer towards China, India's engagement with Sri Lanka has been steadily growing ...

At least one person died Tuesday after a car drove off of a highway overpass and landed on train tracks in Lone Tree, causing a crash with a Regional Transportation District light rail train ...

It was in place by the first train's arrival at 5:45 am. Either number of hours is a marked decrease from the days or weeks you might expect for a new rail station to be constructed. In one ...

The Severn Valley Railway can move ahead with repairs for the landslip it suffered in January, after their insurers settled their claim in respect to the incident. About 30m (32yds) of the railway ...

India's Adani Group said on Monday it had opened an $800 million container terminal in Sri Lanka, right next to a similar facility operated by a Chinese company. The Adani development at Sri Lanka ...