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Tag: Central Expressway

China nod for $1.1 b Central Expressway loan
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China nod for $1.1 b Central Expressway loan

China’s Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan during a meeting with Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe yesterday has assured the Chinese Government had approved…

byFaraz Shauketaly15/05/201815/05/2018
ADB proposes Sri Lanka economic corridors to address regional imbalances
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ADB proposes Sri Lanka economic corridors to address regional imbalances

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed an economic corridor to help correct regional imbalances in Sri Lanka, linking Colombo on…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/04/2018
Sri Lanka PM expects the Central Expressway to bring economic development to northern provinces
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Sri Lanka PM expects the Central Expressway to bring economic development to northern provinces

Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the construction of the Central Expressway will ensure good infrastructure stretching from Hambantota to Kandy, growing…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/2018
A VERY UNDEMOCRATIC AUTOCRACY INSTEAD OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
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A VERY UNDEMOCRATIC AUTOCRACY INSTEAD OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

At the end of 2017, we in Sri Lanka have rather little to report to the world if it is…

byFaraz Shauketaly16/12/2017
AG to send Central Expressway tender process report to parliament
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AG to send Central Expressway tender process report to parliament

Auditor General, Gamini Wijesinghe, says a special report on the tender process of the Central Expressway will be sent to…

byFaraz Shauketaly13/12/2017
Railway development, viable alternative to costly Central Expressway
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Railway development, viable alternative to costly Central Expressway

Sri Lanka’s transport sector experts questioned the need for an expensive four lane expressway with interchanges which will create its…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/11/2017

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