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October 23, 2021 at 1:32 am

Sri Lanka gives booster shots to front-line workers, seniors

So far, 59% of the 22 million population have been vaccinated, and the Health Ministry expects the rate to rise to 70% within three weeks.

October 1, 2021 at 6:25 am

Sri Lanka lifts 6-week virus lockdown amid economic worries VIEW

Sri Lanka has lifted a six-week national lockdown as COVID-19 cases and deaths decline but movement restrictions remain in place

Business

September 22, 2021 at 6:13 am

Sri Lanka probes prison minister for alleged prisoner threat

Sri Lankan police are investigating an incident in which the government prisons minister allegedly threatened to kill two ethnic minority detainees inside a prison

Nation & World

September 15, 2021 at 11:53 pm

Sri Lanka conservationists fight elephant smuggling in court VIEW

Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are challenging a court order that would allow the return of 14 illegally captured wild elephants to people accused of buying...

Nation & World

September 15, 2021 at 5:55 am

Sri Lankan prison minister resigns over prisoner threats

A Sri Lankan minister in charge of prisons has resigned following a public outcry after he allegedly threatened to kill two ethnic minority prisoners

Nation & World

September 10, 2021 at 5:45 am

Sunil Perera, outspoken Sri Lankan singer, dies at age 68

Sunil Perera, a versatile Sri Lankan singer, musician, composer and entertainer, has died of apparent complications from COVID-19

Entertainment

August 16, 2021 at 7:45 pm

Sri Lanka banks on vaccination to see it through delta surge VIEW

When a 51-year-old tutor suffered a heart attack in Sri Lanka's capital, his friends and family were faced with a difficult problem

Business

July 13, 2021 at 9:06 pm

Sri Lanka economy in crisis as debt mounts, reserves dwindle VIEW

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has cut back on imports of farm chemicals, cars and even its staple spice turmeric as its foreign...

Business

June 25, 2021 at 1:34 am

Fire erupts on cargo ship in Indian Ocean, 1 crew missing

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire broke out on a container ship sailing toward Singapore in the Indian Ocean and one of its crew...

Nation & World

June 25, 2021 at 12:15 am

150 death-row inmates start hunger strike in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — About 150 death-row inmates in Sri Lanka began a hunger strike to demand their sentences be commuted, prison officials said,...

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