Asia Sri Lanka Some 40 government hospitals across the country have been closed and other 100 hospitals are likely to close soon for various reasons, including the departure of doctors for foreign countries, retirements, transfers and resignations from their posts
Asia Sri Lanka The country has started planning to recruit graduate teachers and teaching assistants to fill vacancies in Tamil language schools
Asia Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe issued an extraordinary gazette notification declaring the postal service an essential public service, as postal workers in the country went on strike against the decision to turn post offices in Nuwara Eliya and Kandy into hotels
Asia Sri Lanka Food parcels distributions has begun for 10.000 students in 139 schools in seven provinces in Sri Lanka by the Chinese Foundation for Rural Development
Asia Sri Lanka A process has begun to release Single Super Phosphate into the country as a replacement for Triple Super Phosphate or Sludge, which is used to provide the phosphorus needed for paddy cultivation and other crops
Asia Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's meetings, incentive travel, conference and exhibition market is being affected by price controls on hotel rooms in the capital Colombo, industry officials said
Asia Sri Lanka Thousands of people in Sri Lanka have benefited from a blindness prevention program launched by the Saudi aid agency KSrelief
Asia Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition among the country's under-two-year-olds will be supported with a €500.000 contribution from France through UNICEF
Asia Sri Lanka An escalation of murders and robberies has led the police, in cooperation with Special Task Force, to launch operations to crack down on organised criminals and individuals linked to them to gain completely control within 6 months
Asia Sri Lanka Around 20 turtle carcasses were washed ashore along the stretch of beach from Negombo to Kalutara in just three days and it is suspected that it may be due to an underwater explosion
Asia Sri Lanka The Department of Cinnamon Development has been created to provide services to producers, suppliers and exporters, upon specific resolution by the Council of Ministers
Asia Sri Lanka Due to the high costs of issuance of electronic passports, Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles has decided to call for tenders and suspend the notice of expression of interest
Asia Sri Lanka A two-phase mega campaign starting in early August and the promotion of balloon flights over the wilderness are among the key measures Sri Lanka has taken to attract tourists from India and other nations