COLOMBO, June 4 -- More than one in five Sri Lankan children are affected by malnutrition, with many at risk of developing obesity later in life, Health Ministry Secretary Dr Anil Jasinghe has warned.... Read More
COLOMBO, June 4 -- The death toll from the devastating fire that engulfed an elderly care home in Horana on Wednesday (3) has risen to 11, while three residents remain unaccounted for, police said as ... Read More
COLOMBO, June 4 -- Sri Lanka on Thursday (4) commissioned SLNS Samudravijaya, a former United States Coast Guard cutter transferred under the US Excess Defence Articles Program, marking a significant ... Read More
COLOMBO, June 4 -- Sri Lanka has been included among dozens of countries facing new US import duties after Washington concluded that the country has failed to adequately prohibit and enforce restricti... Read More
COLOMBO, June 4 -- The Colombo High Court Lawyers' Association has voiced strong opposition to a government proposal to extend the retirement age of Court of Appeal and Supreme Court judges, warning t... Read More
COLOMBO, June 4 -- Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said that many inmates in Sri Lanka's prisons are products of failed early childhood development, stressing that socie... Read More
COLOMBO, June 4 -- A civil society group has called for the repeal of Sri Lanka's Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, arguing that provisions of the law are inconsistent with international child rights s... Read More
COLOMBO, June 4 -- Several opposition political and religious leaders have accused the government of attempting to implicate former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks for p... Read More
COLOMBO, June 3 -- At least five elderly residents were killed and 11 others remained missing after a devastating fire swept through an elderly care home in Horana on Wednesday (3), triggering a major... Read More
COLOMBO, June 3 -- The Court of Appeal on Wednesday (3) granted leave to proceed with a revision application filed by Yoshitha Rajapaksa, challenging a Colombo High Court order that allowed a conspira... Read More