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HSC Cheriyapani is a high-speed craft passenger ferry that connects Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, India with Kankesanthurai in the Jaffna District of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The ferry commenced service on 14 October 2023. [1] It is the first transit service connecting the two countries since the Indo-Ceylon Express, which ceased service to ...
Adam's Bridge, [a] also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, [c] is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that the bridge was formerly a land connection ...
[citation needed] India and Sri Lanka share a maritime border. India is the only neighbour of Sri Lanka, separated by the Palk Strait; both states occupy a strategic position in South Asia and have sought to build a common security umbrella in the Indian Ocean. [1] Both India and Sri Lanka are republics that are members of the Commonwealth of ...
The Mannar line is a railway line in Sri Lanka. Branching off the northern line at Medawachchiya Junction, the line heads north-west through North Central and Northern provinces before terminating at the town of Talaimannar. The line is 106 kilometres (66 mi) long and has 11 stations. [3] The line opened in 1914.
Website. www.flemingoliners.com. Flemingo Liners is a ferry operator. The company primarily operated the Colombo - Tuticorin ferry service that was reestablished by the governments of India and Sri Lanka and also operates duty-free shops at the passenger terminals in India and Colombo. Its primary vessel is the Scotia Prince.
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Zimbabwe, excluding honorary consulates. Following Ian Smith 's Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom in 1965 Rhodesia's diplomatic presence was dramatically rolled back across the world. By the time of the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979 Rhodesia only had representative ...
Sri Lanka crushed Zimbabwe by nine wickets after an unbeaten century by opener Pathum Nissanka to seal its ticket. That confirmed one of the two final places for this year's World Cup in India ...
Such problems include the fact that Botswana has seen an influx of refugees from Zimbabwe; the building of a fence along the border, [138] and has complained on several occasions of a campaign by Zimbabwe's state-run media against the government of Botswana, where it cites claims of human rights abuses against Zimbabwean's and the claim that ...