Sri Lanka announced Friday it has confirmed its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in an unvaccinated person who returned from Nigeria. Health ministry spokesperson Dr. Hemantha ...

Sri Lanka last week began inoculating it’s frontline health workers, military troops and police officers against COVID-19 amid warnings that the sector faces a collapse with a number of health staff ...

On April 20, a 76-year-old man from Neerveli village, in northern Sri Lanka’s Jaffna district, died after he was found to be infected with COVID-19 at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital. The bodies of COVID ...

File photo of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy playing cricket at YS Rajareddy ACA Cricket Stadium, in Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh July 9. (ANI photo) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri ...

This box factory in Sri Lanka is now making a special product - cardboard coffins. They are made out of recycled paper and cost a sixth of the cheapest wooden casket. With the country reporting record ...

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Sri Lanka is in the grip of multiple crises. In addition to a worsening COVID-19 situation, the country is grappling with an economic crisis, and food and fuel shortages. The military is at the ...