Major Indian companies are to enter critical mineral mining in Sri Lanka taking advantage of the new national policy on mineral resources aimed at attracting foreign investors and/or technology holders to establish joint ventures with Sri Lankan partners.

The Sri Lankan father who survived the mass murder of his family in Canada said he returned home from work on Wednesday to find his wife and four young children had been killed.

Due to the affordability of sanitary napkins half the number of girls and women in Sri Lanka do not include sanitary napkins in their household expenditures, the Advocata Institute said.

Health authorities warn that there is a risk of an increase in rabies due to the abscence of a proper programme to control the free-roaming dog population in the country.

Deputy Director of the National Hospital, Colombo and Government Medical Officers' Forum (GMOF) president, Dr. Rukshan Bellana,

More than 300 people gathered in the suburban Ottawa neighbourhood of Barrhaven Saturday for a community vigil following what police have called one of the worst mass killings in the region’s recent history.

The entire Board of Directors of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA), including its Chairman, has tendered their resignations.

More than Rs. 2.5 billion is paid annually as rental for vehicles acquired by government agencies.

Ophthalmologists warn that exposure to sunlight can be hazardous to the human eye, in the backdrop of extreme heat being experienced in the country.

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By Rohana Jith