Tag: transport
President signs USD455mn loan agreements with ADB for education, transport
Jan 17, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena made his first visit to the Asian Development Bank headquarters today while conducting a state visit to the Philippines and met with ADB President Takehiko Nakao. During the visit, Sirisena and Nakao have discussed development challenges faced by Sri Lanka and ADB’s role in helping address […]
Sri Lanka gets direct cargo link between Colombo and Yangon
Mar 24, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Continental Shipping Lines’ “Pathien Star” made it’s inaugural call at the Jaya Container Terminal in Colombo yesterday. The vessel is scheduled to leave for Port Yangon of Myanmar soon. “This is the first time that a direct cargo link has been established between Colombo and Yangon opening a new […]
Iranian merchant ship not carrying crude oil to Sri Lanka: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
June 10, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the country will not unload any cargo of the Iranian merchant ship, F Whale and it is not carrying crude oil shipment to state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. “We have information that the vessel of the name of F Whale under the Panama […]