The Lakdiva Engineering Company has earned a profit of Rs 35 million by repairing 107 buses between January and August this year, the Ministry of Transport said.
This was revealed by the Ministry in a progress report of the company which was released during the opening of its emission testing center last week.
The Lakdiva Engineering Company is a state-owned body which renovates and repairs dilapidated buses belonging to the Sri Lanka Transport Board.
"Earlier, this company had repaired only about seven buses for a month. Now 15 buses are being repaired monthly. We hope to increase this figure up to 20," Transport Minister Arjuna Ranatunga said at the event.
He added that a centre to repair Japanese vehicles too would be set-up by Lakdiva Engineering Company in the near future.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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