The cabinet has approved the purchase of 75 passenger compartments and 20 freight compartments for trains operating in the hill country region.
Accordingly, approval had also been granted to award the tender to PT Industry Kereta Api - an Indonesian state body.
Minister of Transport Arjuna Ranatunga had put forward a cabinet proposal to this effect during the cabinet meeting yesterday (Mar 26).
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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