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Many children had left for school before the slide and returned to see their homes buried with their parents. A government minister told Parliament that they have found 75 orphaned children.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In a room in front of the nurse’s station at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, a 5-year-old girl rolls around her bed at night ...
As Sri Lanka's economic crisis pushes food prices out of reach, UNICEF is helping malnourished children survive.
Sri Lanka’s stock market trading was halted twice on Wednesday after a gauge of blue-chip shares tumbled more than 8%, highlighting the mounting economic crisis prompted by a shortage of dollars ...
Sovereign dollar bonds for Ghana and Sri Lanka were sliding on Monday, Tradeweb data showed, after Zambia's government said its restructuring deal with bondholders could not go forward.
India 81 for 3 (Jaiswal 30, Suryakumar 26, Theekshana 1-16) beat Sri Lanka 161 for 9 (Kusal Perera 53, Nissanka 32, Bishnoi 3-26) by seven wickets via DLS method In Dambulla, Chamari Athapaththu ...
Nearly half of all children in Sri Lanka require some form of humanitarian assistance. UNICEF appeals for support to meet the urgent needs of the country's most vulnerable.
Sri Lankan dollar bonds fell as investors weighed the implications of Zambia’s debt restructuring plan on the crisis-hit island nation’s own negotiations with creditors as China is an ...
Authorities in Sri Lanka say at least five people have died, including three children, after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides.
Sri Lankan authorities have announced plans to improve early treatment for autistic children, who number at least 9,000 according to the latest data. Plans include setting up model kindergartens, crea ...