Asia Sri Lanka Single-use plastic will be banned after a series of deaths of elephants and wild deer from plastic poisoning; the measure was recommended by a working group appointed 18 months ago to study the impact of plastic waste on environment and wildlife
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
Asia Sri Lanka In response to recent findings published in the British medical journal The Lancet regarding child malnutrition and underweight girls, Sri Lankan health authorities have rejected content referring to Sri Lanka's representation