Sri Lanka, March 28 -- Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, Akio Isomata and Secretary of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, Senior Professor K. Kapila C. K. Perera signed a grant contract for a project, under the scheme of "Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)," to provide eight (8) large low-floor buses for public transportation.

The Government of Japan has provided USD 362,476 (approx. Rs. 112 million) for the implementation of the project, which is developed following discussions held between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Ms. Akiko IKUINA, the then Parliamentary Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan during her visit to Sri Lanka in February 2025, where a request was made by the President for...