COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A railway union strike stopped most trains across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of passengers to brave the few dangerously overcrowded trains that kept ...

Professor Mohamed Maheesh’s inquiry into reducing fuel waste amidst a failing public transport system and chronic congestion he discussed in a YouTube on Facebook ( strikes a chord because it ...

Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday travelled to the historic city of Anuradhapura and launched two India-backed railway projects, ...

The Sri Lankan contract signing ceremony. Credit: © High Commission of India, Colombo. India has signed an $82.64m contract agreement to deliver 160 passenger ...

Railway trade union leaders unilaterally shut down indefinite strike action yesterday after a morning meeting with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and members of a railway cabinet ...

IRCON International, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Indian Railways, has signed an agreement to upgrade the 130km-long railway line in Sri Lanka. The line, which runs from Maho town in ...

Commuters walk on a platform at the Fort railway station during locomotive drivers strike in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. [AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena] The Locomotive Operating ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A union strike launched by railway employees has stopped trains across Sri Lanka. Hundreds of scheduled train journeys were canceled Wednesday due to the strike. Now tens of ...