On April 20, a 76-year-old man from Neerveli village, in northern Sri Lanka’s Jaffna district, died after he was found to be infected with COVID-19 at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital. The bodies of COVID ...

On May 20, Sri Lanka reported its highest daily tally of COVID-19 infections and fatalities this year, 15 and 3 respectively. Though these under-reported official figures appear to be smaller than ...

COLOMBO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Six Sri Lanka women cricketers who took part in a World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe have tested positive for COVID-19, the Asian country's cricket board said on ...

Sri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower and a data analyst were in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 ahead of a home series against India, the cricket board in Colombo said Friday. Flower, 50 ...

Sri Lankan prison guards shot dead eight inmates and wounded at least 71 others in a riot sparked by anger over rising coronavirus infections, officials said Monday. Sri Lanka's prisons have seen ...

Srilanka, June 11 -- The Ministry of Health and Mass Media has assured the public that there is no immediate threat of a new COVID-19 variant spreading in Sri Lanka and urged against unnecessary panic ...

Rights activists have called for accountability from Sri Lankan authorities over the forced cremation of Muslim bodies during the Covid-19 pandemic. Chirantha Amarasinghe, a Catholic activist, filed a ...