Joint opposition seeks special security for MR at polls

Mahinda insists there is no rift between him and Gota

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa insisted there is no rift between him and former Defence Secretary?Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa says he heard of reports suggesting that he and his brother, former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa have fallen out and that Ram Madhav, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special man for Sri Lanka, is involved in engineering some sort of a political arrangement which will include Gotabhaya and suit Indian interests. “I didn?t see the report, only heard

17 Apr, 2017

Indian Railways secures its largest export order to Sri Lanka

Indian Railways will supply modern locomotives and train sets worth Rs 680 crore to Sri Lanka, in the largest export order for the public transporter. Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES), a railways PSU, has secured its largest export order from Sri Lanka Railways for the supply of 10 broad gauge diesel locomotives and six DMU (diesel multiple units) train sets, the Press Trust of India reported. DMU train sets do not require separate locomotive as the engines are incorporated in

17 Apr, 2017

Dumping of garbage on UDA land banned from May 1st

The Government has decided to ban the dumping of garbage on land owned by the Urban Development Authority (UDA) from May 1st. The Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development said that the decision was taken as a result of the tragedy which occurred at Meethotamulla. The Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, Patali Champika Ranawaka said that a decision was taken in 2015 not to dump garbage in?Meethotamulla. However he said several protests were staged against the dumping of garbage

17 Apr, 2017