A News1st investigation has uncovered a scheme that allows foreign entities to exploit Sri Lanka’s mineral deposits at a low cost

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the UK government to push for a strong resolution in the next month Human Rights Council, enabling more robust monitoring and reporting of human rights conditions in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday instructed to expedite the repatriation of Sri Lankan migrant workers who are waiting to return to Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan government is considering establishing diplomatic relations with the state of Lichtenstein, the wealthy landlocked country in the Europe

The European Union expressed its “strong concern” over Sri Lanka’s import ban, trade restrictions, and also hoped that the country would make amendments in its anti-terrorism law in line with the internationally accepted human rights norms

Sri Lankan authorities reopened schools in the Western Province for senior grades after they were closed in October 2020 due to a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic

Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says that the first consignment of Covid vaccines provided free of charge by the Government of India will be brought to Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the 27th of January

Sri Lanka's Department of Wildlife Conservation will conduct an island-wide elephant census this year after a decade to determine the exact number of the animals in the country, local media reported on Monday

The first batch of Coronavirus vaccines provided free by the government of India will reach the island on January 27 and vaccination to begin on January 28, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in India is expected to arrive in the island nation on Wednesday

Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka and the Philippines have agreed to focus on new strategies to further strengthen the existing economic, political, social and international relations between the two countries

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the country had opened its borders after much consultation, preparation following best practices, keeping safety and security of its citizens as paramount and that of the visitors

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 3-member Commission of Inquiry (Col) to investigate, inquire into and report or take necessary actions on findings of preceding Commissions or Committees appointed to investigate into human rights violations, serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and other such offences

Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi who placed her faith in the occult to protect herself and Sri Lanka from the pandemic has tested positive for COVID-19, official sources said today

Sri Lankan authorities on Friday granted approval for the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana said