The A9 Highway was the last section of the main road linking war-ravaged Jaffna peninsula with the rest of Sri Lanka, and its opening was set out in the recent ceasefire agreement.

Engineer advocates for increased funding to meet safety goals. By Rathindra Kuruwita. The number of deaths in road accidents in Sri Lanka has been decreasing since 2020, Kamala Gunawardena, a highway ...

In Sri Lanka, a key highway linking the embattled north with the rest of the country has been reopened after 12 years. The road was opened as Sri Lankan authorities and Tamil guerrillas prepare ...

Reporting from ALONG THE A9 HIGHWAY, Sri Lanka — The road from Colombo, Sri Lanka’s graceful seaside capital in the south, to the northern town of Jaffna has rarely been a straight shot. Most ...

Sri Lanka's E01, the first expressway in the country opened to traffic in November 2011. Two years later MIT's CoLab Radio is looking into the effects that building the highway has had on the ...

Sri Lanka, which last year handed over a strategic port to a Chinese firm for a 99-year lease as a debt swap, will soon sign a USD 1 billion concessional loan agreement with Beijing to fund a ...

World News: COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's main highway linking the northern Jaffna peninsular to the rest of the country was officially opened on Monday for the first time ...