A sharp rise in alcohol and drug use among pregnant women living on Sri Lanka’s coastal belt has sparked serious concern, warns Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa, Opposition Leader of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia ...

New Sri Lanka mass grave discovery reopens old wounds for Tamils So far, 19 bodies have been found. Thousands of Tamils were disappeared during the civil war that ended in 2009.

‘Need answers’: Will Sri Lanka’s Tamils find war closure under Dissanayake? Tamils commemorating the loved ones they lost, or who were ‘disappeared’, during the civil war that ended 16 ...

Sri Lanka is one of the world’s most mesmerising destinations. Similar in land area to Ireland and rich in theatrical technicolour, the people are warm, helpful and welcoming, there’s a huge ...

March 25, 2025 This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but ...

Back to the Miocene: What the climate 13.8 million years ago could tell us about our future world Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by ...

As Sri Lanka emerges from its worst economic crisis, the new government faces the challenge of balancing recovery with sustainable growth.

Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...

Sri Lanka’s new president faces a precarious balancing act to satisfy both a population high on hopes of populist subsidies and the demands of external lenders to tighten the country’s belts.

The seven-day Site and External Events Design Review Service (SEED) mission reviewed Sri Lanka's selection process to identify potential sites for the construction of its first nuclear power plant.

The visit to Sri Lanka by a team of International Atomic Energy Agency experts was to review the country’s readiness to make a "knowledgeable commitment" to establishing a nuclear power programme.

Sri Lanka sealed an agreement on Wednesday with bilateral creditors led by Japan and India, formalising a provisional agreement that the debt-ridden South Asian island nation reached in November.