Ever since the 19th Century, exploitation has been the order of the day for Sri Lanka’s working class. But two centuries ...

Indian Muslims today, unlike in the 1990s and 2000s, are firmly integrated with global Islamic issues, trends, and forces. In ...

Marking a historic milestone for Sri Lanka’s maritime industry, the ultra-large container vessel (ULCV) MSC MARIELLA, one of ...

Buddhists flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged by authorities to stay away on April 24 after four people ...

Sri Lanka is one of the world’s most mesmerising destinations. Similar in land area to Ireland and rich in theatrical ...

“It’s an honor to build this rail line and stations for you,” said Rob Cheeseman, senior project manager with Walsh Construction. “It’s been quite a process to get here, and we are ...

Chennai: In a moment steeped in history and symbolism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the much-awaited New Pamban Railway Sea Bridge, a feat of engineering that reconnects mainland India to ...

This cyclone not only destroyed the Pamban Rail Bridge but also destroyed the railway line connecting Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi which is just 24 kilometres west of Sri Lanka’s Talaimannar.

But the bridge was destroyed in the 1964 cyclone along with the connecting railway line, which stopped all ... Reviving the India-Sri Lanka Rail Link The completion of the new Pamban Bridge ...

Before 1964, travelers journeyed from Madras (now Chennai) to Colombo, Sri Lanka, via the Indo-Ceylon ... mainland India—and obliterated the railway line between Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi.

"Last month, I participated in a meeting with India in New Delhi, and we are going to establish highway and railway line connectivity between India and Sri Lanka," said BK Prabath Chandrakeerth, Sri ...