The mood was convivial as G7 leaders gathered Friday for their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with an expected pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries on the agenda in a show of...
Colombo, June 11: India has enlarged its footprint in the Maldives with three recent steps: It is believed to have been the primary force behind the election of the Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahidas President of the 76 th.,...
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government appears determined to bring about an immediate and drastic change in Sri Lankan agriculture by replacing the conventional chemicals-based system to an organic-based one without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Adopting a carrot...
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Dr Jane Goodall – the...
Sri Lankans living in UK have made an urgent appeal to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson for the supply of 600,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines.
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus has repeatedly warned about the scandalous inequity of vaccines and...
A group of the world’s richest nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to close cross-border tax loopholes used by some of the world’s biggest companies. The Group of Seven (G7) said it would back a minimum global corporation...
Environmental experts are concerned that the sinking of a cargo ship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday could spell devastation for local wildlife including migratory whales and sea turtles.
The X-Press Pearl, which was carrying a large amount...
Presently Sri Lanka has a serious debt problem and it looks like there has to be some kind of debt restructuring in order to prevent the problem occurring year on. Professor Shanta Devarajan of the Georgetown University said.
Professor Devarajan is...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked actress-environmentalist Juhi Chawla to file a short note on her plea against the setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country while raising issues related to the technology's radiation impact...
The government on Monday claimed it will inoculate the “entire eligible population” by the end of 2021, only to be barraged with questions from the Supreme Court about the efficacy of its policy, which allows the Centre to procure...
Sri Lankan National Cricket players would refuse to sign contracts with the Sri Lanka Cricket if it is not done in a transparent and professional manner.
While reiterating the lack of transparency as the underlying cause for the dispute, Sri...
Sri Lanka launched a criminal probe on Sunday into a massive container ship fire that has swamped the island nation's coast with plastic pollution in an unprecedented marine disaster.
Tonnes of microplastic granules have inundated the South Asian country's famed...
