Colombo is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the city proper. Read More
Sri Lankas tea exports suffered a major blow in March recording the lowest-ever shipment and sharp dip in value as COVID-19 mitigation measures caused disruption to trade, the media reported on Monday. ...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has stressed developing national economy while the country is battling the COVID-19 pandemic as he recently appointed a Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication. ...
The number of COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka has risen to 505, according to the latest data from the country's health ministry on Sunday (local time). ...
An ongoing curfew in Sri Lanka due to the coronavirus pandemic will be partially relaxed from Monday onwards, the President's Media Division (PMD) said on Sunday. ...
Twenty-nine Sri Lankan Navy personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 taking the overall number of infections in the island-nation to 368 in the country, an Army official said. ...
Sri Lanka's National Association for Professionals in Tourism (NAFPT) on Thursday said it had launched a four-day campaign in several areas of the island-nation to assist foreign tourists who are currently stranded due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
A high-powered Presidential Task Force has been appointed for the economic revival and poverty eradication in Sri Lanka impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Thursday. ...
