War-scarred Sri Lanka is experiencing an alarming scourge of child abuse, and the apparatus for dealing with the problem, UNICEF says, is “grossly inadequate.” Every day, three to five ...

In Sri Lanka, a majority of maternal deaths took place near term and during the immediate post-partum period. Maternal near-misses show a similar picture.

Malki's mother Priyanthika has had to pause her children's schooling so they can earn money by selling fireworks. Food prices in Sri Lanka reached record levels when inflation hit an all-time high ...

The mother of a nine-year-old girl and a local exorcist have been arrested in Sri Lanka for caning to death the child in an exorcism ritual they believed would drive away the “evil spirit ...

The BBC's Charles Haviland in Sri Lanka explains why Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity are at the centre of a police child protection inquiry.

On World Tourism Day, representatives from leading hotel businesses, tourism associations, NGOs, and government departments convened in Colombo to officially launch the Mother and Child-Friendly Seal ...

Sri Lankan police arrest a self-proclaimed exorcist after the death of a nine-year-old girl she repeatedly beat with a cane to drive out a possessive demon.

Printable version A day of prayer for the nun of Mother Teresa's order who "sold children" See also For Fr Tom, abducted in Yemen, Holy Thursday prayer and adoration for the martyrs 21/03/2016 14:57 ...

Nochchiyagama Training Centre in central Sri Lanka, is a point of reference for child care in the diocese of Anhuradhapura. Its doors are open not only to orphans, abandoned children, street children, ...

In Sri Lanka, a majority of maternal deaths took place near term and during the immediate post-partum period. Maternal near-misses show a similar picture.