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Sri Lanka bans import of several single-use plastic items

The importation of the following items will be banned effective June 01.

April 7, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka starts new beach clean-up after X-Press Pearl disaster

The cleaning program was initiated at Crow Island beach in Mattakkuliya.

March 12, 2023 2 min read

Questions raised over Sri Lanka turtle hatcheries as egg prices rise

Increased competition has driven up the price of eggs.

February 27, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka to ban seven single use plastic items from June 

The production, import and distribution of the items will be prohibited from June 01, 2023

February 14, 2023 1 min read
SAARC group adopts recommendations for implementing Thimphu Statement

SAARC Inter-Governmental Expert Group on Climate Change met in Colombo this week

Heavy rain and high winds forecast due to cyclonic conditions in the Bay of Bengal

The Met Department is warning that a depression in the Bay of Bengal located about 670 km away from Trincomalee is devel...

May 16, 2020 2 min read

Hemas funds Sri Lanka quarantine centre at Hotel Dolphin

Sri Lanka's Hemas group said it Club Hotel Dolphin in Waikkala, run as a quarantine centre at their expense has complete...

May 6, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka warned of Coronavirus in the community as new cases found

Sri Lanka's health minister warned that there may be infected persons in the community who do not show symptoms, while t...

May 6, 2020 5 min read

Sri Lanka to Coronavirus test high risk groups closing big gap, Covid-19 count 665

Sri Lanka is widening Coronavirus tests to several high risk groups who do not show symptoms while doctors treating pati...

May 1, 2020 4 min read

Expect thundershowers with severe lightning this evening: Sri Lanka Met Department

Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology issued a 'red warning' today of impending thunderstorms accompanied by "severe lig...

April 28, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus cases spike by 40 to 460 with contact traced sailors, returnees

Sri Lanka's confirmed Coronavirus cases has spiked 460 persons by April 25, with 40 new persons being discovered by with...

April 26, 2020 2 min read

Plastic pollution on Sri Lankan beaches drop by 40-pct in first quarter: expert

Plastic pollution on the beaches and seas around Sri Lanka has been reduced by 40% in the first four months of 2020 when...

Imesh Ranasinghe
April 22, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka hunts fish vendor contacts, 1,000 isolated in pilgrim Coronavirus cluster

Sri Lanka's contact tracers are hunting contacts of a fish-vendor flushed out during a month long curfews centered isola...

April 22, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka has controlled Covid-19, but risks not over Jasinghe says; as new Covid-19 cases found

Sri Lanka is controlling the spread of Coronavirus through several measures but the risks of the disease spreading is no...

April 18, 2020 2 min read

How Sri Lanka and Vietnam are smashing Coronavirus, and what will happen next

Sri Lanka and Vietnam are among the most successful countries in the world in keeping Coronavirus at bay with contact tr...

April 17, 2020 22 min read
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Coronavirus: latest global developments, 112,000 deaths, 1.8mn infections

China records its highest daily toll of imported virus cases, confirming 97 new infections. China records its highest da...

April 13, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka pharmacies asked not to play doctor during Coronavirus curfew

Sri Lanka's pharmacies which are allowed to be open during a nation-wide curfew imposed to combat the spread of Coronavi...

April 12, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka looks to relax Coronavirus curfews in late April, open schools in May

Sri Lanka is looking to relax Coronavirus controls after April 19 for low risk areas and re-open schools in the second w...

April 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus curfew break delayed till April 16 to fight Covid-19, count 199

A Coronavirus curfew break in Sri Lanka for less-risky areas has been delayed till 0600h Thursday April 16 morning from ...

April 12, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus burglary cluster takes Covid-19 count to 197

Sri Lanka has confirmed 197 Coronavirus by late night on April 10, the Health Ministry said after several people in a cl...

April 11, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeks expert opinion on fighting Covid-19

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sought expert opinion on fighting Coronavirus, while the country is under ...

April 10, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus contact tracing gaps plugged as incubation of SARS-Cov-2 suspected to top 20 d...

Sri Lanka is quarantining all close contacts (F1) of the confirmed Coronavirus (index case or F0) and will test all quar...

April 9, 2020 5 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog offers extra data, credit and all channels on payTV during Covid-19 crisis

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata said it is offering extra data free, emergency credit, all channel on its payTV service, durin...

March 26, 2020 6 min read

No tsunami threat from Kuril Island earthquake, small waves: PTWC

US authorities in Hawaii has said that there is no further threat from an earthquake near Kuril Island off the cost of R...

March 25, 2020 2 min read

Tsunami warning for Russia, 1000 km around Kuril Islands

A hazardous tsunami warning had been issued for Russia and areas 1,000 kilometers of Kuril Island by American authoritie...

March 25, 2020 4 min read