The Japanese government has provided around $3 million for Sri Lanka to support its cold chain system, and enhance the delivery of immunization services, and strengthening the overall COVID-19 response, reported Colombopage

The Sri Lankan government will ban all groups that are involved in promoting LTTE ideology and separatism in the country, reported Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka on Friday released the 54 Indian fishermen who had been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday

Former Sri Lankan President Mathripala Srisena, under whose watch the island nation saw the horrific Easter Sunday attacks in 2019, said that the government should have taken the collective responsibility for the attack

Authorities in Sri Lanka have gone on high alert after a new double-mutated variant of SARC-CoV-2 has been found in as many as 18 Indian states, reported Daily Mirror

The Sri Lankan government has approved a proposal to buy 7 million doses of Sputnik-V vaccines from Russia, costing $70 million, reported Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka has to take “meaningful and credible steps” to address the painful past towards reconciliation” to ensure rights of all people in the country, the US Department of State said after the UNHRC adopted a resolution on Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka continues to record growth in export earnings, registering 2.5 percent in February in comparison to the same period last year, reported Colombopage

Well, if you have no valid reason, but are busy roaming the busy street of Colombo in Sri Lanka, then you could be arrested and fined. That’s what happened to four women who were fined 50 rupees each for doing exactly that

Sri Lankan Army Maj Gen Priyanka Fernando, former defense counselor at the Sri Lankan High Commission to the UK,  has won a case in a high court in the United Kingdom which overturned a conviction order of a lower court against him, reported Colombopage

Amid rising cases of the COVID-19 infections, authorities in Sri Lanka issued a revised set of guidelines, including quarantine measures, for foreign tourists visiting Sri Lanka

After facing flak over the earlier statement by the Public Security Minister on banning the burqa on the ground that it symbolised religious extremism, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry issued a clarification, saying it is still a proposal under consideration, and no final decision has yet taken by the government

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said it should be compulsory for Buddhists in the country to visit a temple at least once a week, as per a report in Colombopage

The Sri Lankan government has announced a ban on burqa, among other measures, to clamp down on Islamic radicalism in the country

Authorities in Sri Lanka on Friday revealed that the country has detected the first case of the COVID-19 virus with the South African variant, according to a report in Colombopage