News: transportation

07/04/2010 | Sunday Observer
Deputy Transport Minister Rohana Kumara Dissanayake inspected the progress made in the transport sector in the North during a recent visit to the region.
06/29/2010 | Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Sea transport network between India and Sri Lanka will be streamlined. During the meeting between President Mahinda Rajapakse and Indian Navy Commander Admiral Nirmal Varma special attention was made on modernizing the Kankesanthurai Port, and on commencing board services between Thalai Mannar and Rameswaram as well as between Colombo Fort and Tuticorn. Mr. Varma also met Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne and talks between them focused on expansion of sea transport between the two countries.
01/26/2010 | Daily Mirror
Internally Displaced People (IDP) of Manik Farm in Vavuniya waiting to travel to Jaffna to cast their votes this morning could not go to cast their vote since the buses deployed on the route had mysteriously gone missing, JVP MP Vijitha Herath told Daily Mirror online.