Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga has highlighted the need to address acute malnutrition among children.
The main suspect in a racket to smuggle people to Dubai and Oman was arrested at the Katunayake airport yesterday night (18).
Violence by the police against female social activists is a case in point of the government’s human right violations, alleges one of the oldest trade unions in the country.
Military, police behind spread of drugs in N-E, say Tamil politicians
Two major protest marches in Colombo yesterday (18) against the continued incarceration of two student leaders came under heavy water cannon and teargas fire by the police.
The government is collaborating with the Californian university system to obtain assistance to modernize agriculture in Sri Lanka and to set up a new agro-technology university, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The Sports Development Department has wasted nearly Rs. 330 million by abandoning 13 of its projects citing various reasons, said the National Audit Office.
A 10-year-old girl has made headlines after being deemed "smarter than Einstein" due to an impressive IQ score.
An agitation took place yesterday (17) in front of the police headquarters in Colombo against harassment of women by the police.
Sri Lanka has been promised assistance for its health sector by MIKTA nations, a grouping of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Türkiye and Australia.
