Train Compartments News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Sri Lanka's government deployed army troops at railroad stations as railway employees continued with their strike that paralyzed train services across the country for a second day Wednesday, a day after two passengers were killed while attempting to travel on a packed train. Passengers were seen risking their lives to get to school and work on the few trains that were operating, Some people were seen traveling on the roof of train compartments, and many were seen barely hanging on to the footboards while braving rain. One was killed when his head hit an overhead railway bridge when he w...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Additional buses from the Sri Lanka Transport Board will be deployed for service on Monday (17) due to a possible strike by railways - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.

Saturday, 08 May 2021 - 7:26 Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is in a critical condition following a bomb attack. Four others were injured in the blast, which is being treated as a terrorist incident. No-one has claimed the attack. Australian police are travelling to the Maldives to help investigate. Mohamed Nasheed was elected in 2008 but ousted in a coup four years later. He is now speaker of parliament - the nation's second-most powerful position. Mohamed Nasheed, 53, has been an outspoken critic of hardline Islamists. President Ibrahim Solih described the explosion outside Moha...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st); Dilum Amunugama was appointed as the State Minister for Community Police Services, in addition to his current portfolios, stated the President’s Media Division. He took oaths in his new position in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (03). Dilum Amunugama is also the State Minister of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry. Latest News

Revolutionizing the transport sector, the Ministry of Transport and the Central Bank played lead roles to get the key stakeholders to sign a four-party agreement to introduce Sri Lanka Transit Card (SLTC) recently. The SLTC initiative, which had been in the drawing board for many years will finally come to light in line with manifesto of the President, Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour, which proposed a single transport e-ticket system to be introduced in Sri Lanka. The four-party agreement for the implementation of SLTC was signed amongst Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), National Transpor...