The Government of Japan provided a total sum of US$ 620,379 (approx. Rs. 115 million) to Skavita Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Project (SHARP) for humanitarian demining activities in Northern Sri Lanka

The second round of Sri Lanka-Japan Policy Dialogue was held virtually on Wednesday

Sri Lanka is planning to order 18 million vaccines as part of efforts to protect up to 60 percent of the population as India said the national regulator’s independence should be respected

Despite concern over the efficiency of the Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine against the South African variant, Sri Lankan officials have decided to continue their vaccination drive with the vaccine

Just weeks before the scheduled crucial session of the UNHRC, Sri Lanka has decided to allow the burial of COVID-19 victims, Colombopage reported. Significantly, the permission comes almost ten months after the COVID-19 pandemic affected the world

Sri Lanka registered 1,682 tourist arrivals in January airports resumed flight operations following a nine-month suspension since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to officials

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told parliament today that the government will allow the burial of the bodies of those who died due to COVID infection

United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz has questioned the lack of media coverage on the recent protest march, staged to create awareness on social issues, from Pottuvil in Ampara to Point Pedro in Jaffna

Sri Lanka is hoping to become the fastest-growing tourism market after May this year as authorities are planning to complete the COVID-19 vaccination drive by the same month, Colombopage reported

Sri Lanka's Minister of Education Prof. GL Peiris said a decision has been taken to start all schools in the island for all grades from March 15, Colombo Page reported

Sri Lanka’s daily total of reported COVID-19 cases hit a new record on Tuesday (09) as 976 coronavirus infected people were detected, News First said

Sri Lanka's Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella has forwarded a request to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Prevention to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to journalists, who are also in the frontline against coronavirus by raising awareness among the masses

Sri Lankan government is yet to officially tell India and Japan that it is withdrawing from the trilateral agreement that was signed regarding the East Container Terminal of Colombo of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority

Co-Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella confirmed that the Sri Lankan government has received complaints from the Indian Government over the power projects handed to China on islands in the sea close to the Indian coast

A Sri Lankan woman scientist is named one of the five winners of the 2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for their research in chemistry, mathematics and physics