Amid soaring prices of rice locally, the Sri Lanka government has reversed its decision to import 100,000 MT of rice, citing forex constraints, and said they would instead regulate the price locally

Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations human rights chief, has expressed concern over the Sri Lankan government’s new measure which she says are “perceived” as targeting the country’s minority Muslim and Tamil population

Sri Lanka may receive 264,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from the World Health Organisation (WHO)-co-led COVAX facility in the “near future” subject to certain conditions, a health official said

A new disease called “Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children”, first reported in the United Kingdom, has been spreading across Sri Lanka, health experts have warned, asking parents to take extra care of their children

The Sri Lankan government has to pay close to Rs. six billion as consultancy services for a scrapped light rail project that was proposed by the regime of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe under a Japanese concessional loan

In a conversation with Indian news channel WION, leader of the opposition Sajith Premadasa said Sri Lanka should join the G7’s B3W initiative to challenge China’s BRI

The ship X-Press Pearl, which caught fire with cargo including sodium hydroxide, acid and plastics has fully sunk in the shallows off Colombo and caretakers are watching the vessel until monsoon moderates to permits the wreck to be removed, its owners said

“Life doesn’t look too rosy; it looks pretty alarming,” Sajith Premadasa, the Sri Lankan leader of the opposition, said when asked if his country was heading towards bankruptcy

The Sri Lankan government will add several one-off use plastic and polythene products to the list of banned plastics and polyphones considered harmful to the environment and even to human health

The Sri Lankan government is planning to invite a delegation from the European Parliament once the situation becomes normal for engagement on steps being taken to improve the areas of concern, Daily Mirror reporte

The World Bank has said Sri Lanka can push forward policies that will enable the country to build back better with stronger measures post the Covid 19 crisis to attract much-needed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Former Sri Lanka Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has called upon the government not to politicize and throw away the GSP Plus trade concession granted by the European Union cautioning that “our economy will collapse”

Sri Lanka will establish five technological parks in three cities, aiming to provide exposure and opportunity to Sri Lankan youths in the field of information technology (IT)

Sri Lanka has raised the eligibility age of employment for children to 16 years from the existing 14 years, the country’s  National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) announced the decision, citing the change in the age of compulsory education

Sri Lankan Navy this week submerged old buses in the seas off the coast of Jaffna peninsula in an effort to create artificial reefs to nurture marine life