Leader of Sri Lanka’s opposition alliance Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sajith Premadasa has held parleys with Colombo-based envoys of western countries

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved the proposed ban on face and head coverings, including the burqa and niqab, according to Newswire

As the cases of COVID-19 infections remain unchecked in Sri Lanka, authorities have ordered the closure of all schools until Friday this week, reported Newswire

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Sri Lankan opposition leader and former prime minister, came down hard on the government, saying Colombo Port City will have more power than Prabhakaran, the former Tamil rebel commander who had once created a de facto Tamil state in the north and eastern part of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka will remain open for tourists, said officials, ending speculation around the possibility of closing down its border as the region braces a resurgent new COVID-19 wave, reported Newswire

Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned the country could be backlisted if the government moves ahead with enacting the controversial Colombo port city bill in its present form, reported Daily Mirror

Former Sri Lankan Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and brother Riyadh have been arrested by the country's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for allegedly assisting the terrorists responsible for the deadly April 2019 bombing attacks, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said on Saturday

A new COVID-19 virus strain detected in Sri Lanka is spreading fast, according to an expert

Amid a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 infections, authorities in Sri Lankan re-introduced the mandatory quarantine measure of two weeks for all people entering the island nation, Colombopage reported

The United States will provide funds to Sri Lanka to improve its plastic waste management system, to reduce waste flows to the ocean, reported Economynext

If everything moves as planned, chemical fertilizers would soon become history in Sri Lanka. President Gotabaya Rajapksa has on Thursday announced that the government is working on banning the import of chemical fertilizers in the country, citing long-term consequences on the environment

In what comes as a big relief to the island nation, Pfizer has agreed to supply five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Sri Lanka, as per a report in Daily Mirror. The breakthrough came at a time when the country has been struggling to get vaccines from India’s SII

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that those responsible for the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks would be brought to justice, reported Colombopage

Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith retracted his earlier statement where he had claimed that the 2019 Easter attacks were used by a group of influential people to grab power in the country

The Sri Lankan government has been considering a bill regulating online news content, reported Daily Mirror