Cyclone Burevi is currently leaving Sri Lanka off the coast of Illuppaikadavai in Mannar and will emerge into Gulf of Mannar by noon today, the Meteorology Department said

Sri Lanka has a culture of tolerating violence against women with many incidents growing unreported, an activist has said, citing results of a national survey

Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne has said the unrest in a prison in Mahara had been completely controlled and investigations were on, according to local media

The Meteorology Department of Sri Lanka says that there has been a slight change in the path of Cyclone "Burevi"

Sri Lanka's Meteorology Department on Wednesday said cyclonic storm Burevi was likely to hit the country's eastern coast late in the evening, causing heavy rain and strong winds in the island country

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has said the country would have plunged into an economic crisis if the government had not implemented damage control measures

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today told the rising entrepreneurs and private sector establishments to move beyond their comfort zones to seek out new opportunities

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $400 million loan to support the Government of Sri Lanka in transforming its secondary education system to align with the demand for highly skilled and agile workers who can compete in the rapidly changing global economy

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a new state minister in charge of COVID-19 prevention, as the virus has infected over 23,000 people and killed 118 in the island nation, an official statement said on Tuesday

Sri Lanka will repay all debt falling due but will focus on getting foreign direct investments, while innovating ways to work within a Coronavirus pandemic President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told an economic forum in Colombo

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told a conference on Tuesday (01) there have been several instances of projects, including some funded by foreign governments, that have stalled due to various reasons

For the first time in history, Sri Lanka held a virtual cabinet meeting using video technology

The Government of Japan has provided a grant of US$ 83,692 (approx. Rs. 15 million) for “The Project for Improving Facilities of Center for Disabled Children in Buttala, Monaragala” through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)

The Metropolitan Police have launched a probe into British mercenaries over their alleged involvement in the decades-long Sri Lankan civil war, a media report said on Monday

Another leopard was found dead in Matale, in the central hills of Sri Lanka over the weekend, raising the total number of reported leopard deaths in the island nation to 12 this year, wildlife officials said on Monday