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 The Association of Ambulance Drivers of the Government Health Service has drawn attention to the shortage of qualified an in-force drivers within the Sri Lankan government hospital system
Asia Sri Lanka The Vedda, an indigenous group in Sri Lanka, have been found to have a significant genetic link to the ethnic populations of India, according to scientists at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and four other research institutes
Asia Sri Lanka The country and a group of its creditors are in final negotiations to suspend debt repayments until 2028, while creditor countries, including Japan, try to prevent China's influence from expanding in the debt-stricken island
Asia Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's "1990 Suwa Seriya" free ambulance service has been praised by the World Bank for saving countless lives by providing citizens with the highest level of pre-hospital care