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Sri Lanka state hospital to get scanners, dialysis machines for service fees

CT scanners, MRI scanners, DSA, cardiac catheterization units to be provided under public private partnerships

January 6, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka repairs half of 837km of cyclone damaged elephant fences: Minister

The cyclone destroyed the fences, increasing elephant contact with humans and exacerbated the elephant-human con

January 6, 2026 1 min read

Indian army relief team re-connects Sri Lanka optical fibre link severed by cyclone

The Indian relief team also operated a field hospital in the area

December 14, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka to use World Bank funds to buy vehicles for health sector

Includes 2,891 scooters for midwives and 1,350 motorbikes for public health inspectors

December 11, 2025 2 min read
Dialog to power Prime Lands’ new apartment complex in Sri Lanka suburb

Dialog Enterprise powers connectivity at The Colombo Border by Prime Residencies

Sri Lanka appoints new Met Dept chief

Appointment to the post of Director General of the Department of Meteorology

Sri Lanka receives Japan-funded refrigerated trucks for vaccine delivery via UNICEF

"These trucks will help us reach every child in every corner of Sri Lanka with the right vaccine at the right time."

July 22, 2024 2 min read

USAID gives Sri Lanka disaster management equipment

Equipment including submersible water pumps, kitchen sets, chainsaws, polysack bags and tarpaulins

July 18, 2024 2 min read

Monitoring Monitors

Savage ‘Squamates’ Stalking Suburbs

July 15, 2024 8 min read

INTERVIEW - Sri Lanka to start flora spatial mapping, eyes carbon credit trading

Sri Lanka has been in the process to sell its carbon credit for more than a decade

July 12, 2024 3 min read

India's Tata Sons to gift 50 ambulances to Sri Lanka's Suwaseriya, ADB 45

India's Tata Sons (Pvt) Ltd will gift 50 ambulances, and ADB 45, to Suwaseriya paramedic ambulance service

July 11, 2024 1 min read

South Africa earthquake has no threat of Indian Ocean tsunami : Update II

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July 10, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka passes changes telecom law, allowing Starlink to be licensed

The new law will also provide a framework for to license and regulate cable landing stations

July 10, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata completes acquisition of Bharti Airtel Lanka

Dialog issued 952,694,689 ordinary voting shares by way of a share swap to Bharti on Wednesday

June 27, 2024 1 min read

Startup Genome ranks Sri Lanka among world’s top 10 for affordable talent

Ranking was made in the latest Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2024

June 12, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka drafts patient safety and well-being charter

Prepared by a panel of experts on the advice and guidance of the World Health Organization.

June 11, 2024 1 min read
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Sri Lanka grants preliminary approval for Starlink: State Minister

The details of the public consultation will be published tomorrow

June 6, 2024 2 min read
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Sri Lanka to have dedicated green economy unit in finance ministry: President

This unit will be responsible for funding programs aimed at promoting a green economy

June 5, 2024 3 min read

Sri Lanka floods kill 15, four rivers still rising

The island's Disaster Management said 3,727 families were hit by floods and landslides.

June 3, 2024 2 min read

Elon Musk to visit Sri Lanka at the end of this year: Ruwan Wijewardene

"This would open the door to more billionaires coming into the country"

Apsara Rodrigo
May 28, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka fishermen urged not to go to sea due to cyclone Remal

Naval, fishing communities advised not to venture into sea marked in red on the map until further notice

May 27, 2024 2 min read

Call for sustainability in the Bay of Bengal

Bay of Bengal's coastline is home to nearly 1.4 billion people.

Kshama Ranawana
May 26, 2024 6 min read

Sri Lanka President proposes global levy to help fund climate change

10% levy on annual profits of global tax evasion assets, estimated at USD1.4tn, deposited in tax havens be charged

May 20, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka President discusses Starlink with Elon Musk

President Wickremesinghe has met Musk at a World Water Forum High-Level Meeting in Indonesia

May 19, 2024 1 min read

WFP, USAID support Sri Lanka focus on disaster management

National level dialogue to develop and strengthen cooperation among all stakeholders involved in disaster risk reduction

May 17, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka planning patient bill of rights: Minister

Medical and health staff sometimes do not listen to the patient. Ministry of Health received nearly 700 complaints

May 16, 2024 1 min read