Sri Lankan authorities are mulling to take legal against the owner of the ship MV-X Press Pearl that caught fire this week in Sri Lankan waters, reported Colombopage

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has expressed serious concern about the new Colombo Port City Law that details provisions to govern a Chinese-built new commercial zone

AstraZeneca, the British-Swedish pharma multinational, has warned the Sri Lankan government against purchasing AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccines from private companies, saying these vaccines are likely “counterfeit”

A municipality in Sri Lanka has created an eco-friendly coffin by recycling discarded paper and cardboard to place the bodies of Covid 19 victims

Around 177,000 people have been affected by the breakdown in power supply caused by the extreme weather conditions in Sri Lanka, an official of the power ministry informed

Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has advised the government to follow medical advice and control the spread of the coronavirus infection, but said all citizens will not be able to receive the vaccine this year

Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology has warned that the cyclonic storm YAAS will become “very severe” over the next 24 hours with wind speeds up to 60-70 kph

Health experts in Sri Lanka have asked the government to stock medicines and antibiotics required for treating patients of black fungus,  a disease menacingly rising in neighbouring India, reported Daily Mirror

As Covid cases remain unchecked, Sri Lanka has imposed countrywide restrictions for four days, starting from today, and only essential services would be allowed during the period

The Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill that created quite a controversy over the past week has been passed by the Sri Lankan parliament

The Covid 19 pandemic could cause a  major catastrophe in Sri Lanka if proper measures were not taken immediately, an expert has warned

There seems to be no respite for the Hindu community in Pakistan as authorities are not taking an initiative to repair the Mandar School in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Paktunkhwa (K-P) which is in the state of decay

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed that Maulavi Naufer masterminded Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, Sri Lankan Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara informed parliament

The Sri Lankan government has backed the Supreme Court’s determinations and amendments on the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill that relates to provisions for governing a Chinese-built new commercial zone which critics have dubbed as a "Chinese colony"

In a significant judgement, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court has ruled as unconstitutional certain provisions of a bill that provides for setting up the Colombo Port City Commission to govern a Chinese-built new commercial zone