Sri Lanka

An online system has been made available to the public for obtaining copies of birth, marriage and death certificates, a system designed to reduce the difficulty of requests during the pandemic crisis

A US$1 billion bond was paid last week by the country but its finances are still alarming with evident crisis signs: bonds at half their face value, debt-to-GDP levels >100%, over 80% of government revenues spent on interest payments and tourism industry

The country's first 'National Sandalwood Garden', grown and designed at Sri Jayewardenepura, Battaramulla, was inaugurated under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa

The government's move to ban chemical fertilizers has had a heavy impact on many agriculture-related sectors, including the tea industry, whose growers have demonstrated in Yatadola, Matugama, Urubokka and other areas

A two-day forum to foster awareness and adoption of digital technology in the northern region has been promoted by the Information and Communication Technology Agency

A UN team of oil and chemical spill experts, provided by the EU, is working with the Government to assess the impact on the environment caused by the recent MV X-press Pearl disaster

STaRR, together with other agencies, will replant 4.500 hectares of now unproductive land and will help smallholders to be organise better, to facilitate their access to credit, to produce and market their products more effectively and sustainably

The Asia’s first and largest virtual Investor Forum to understand the FDI and Capital Market opportunities starts today in the country

National Building Research Organization has launched an investigation on air pollution as a result of the fumes from the fire aboard the ship X-Press Pearl in the seas off the Colombo Harbour

The Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected Chair of the Asian Development Bank Board of Governors for the year 2021/2022

The country added exemptions to entry requirements for passengers who have already received Covid-19 vaccine

Roshan Abeysundera, aircraftman of the Sri Lanka Air Force, has set a new world record swimming across Palk Strait from Talaimannar to Dhanushkodi and back in 28 hours