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January 26, 2026

Sri Lankan public hospital to offer IVF treatment for first time

According to health authorities, the move is expected to reduce the cost barrier associated with fertility treatment.

IVF Chart
October 6, 2025

Sri Lanka allocates $7 billion to modernise postal service

Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa spoke at a ceremony in Colombo, where 731 individuals were recruited to the postal service.

Minister of Health and Mass Media, Nalinda Jayatissa
August 5, 2025

China donates emergency relief supplies to Sri Lanka

The Chinese ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, officially handed over the supplies in Colombo, which include tents, beds, generators, and water pumps.

Flooded Akwa Ibom
January 5, 2024

Sri Lanka inaugurates dengue eradication week

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry has declared a countrywide dengue prevention week from January 7 to 13.

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry
January 4, 2023

Sri Lanka risks rapid rabies spread due to vaccines shortage

Health officials on Wednesday said rabies might spread rapidly in Sri Lanka in 2023 due to vaccine shortages.

RABIES VACCINE
November 2, 2022

Students hospitalised after inhaling toxic vapour in Sri Lanka

Dozens of Sri Lankan students at a school in a suburb of Colombo were hospitalised on Wednesday after exposure to a toxic vapour, the police said.

SRI LANKAN SCHOOL
September 28, 2022

Fire in Sri Lankan capital destroys 80 houses

The police have yet to determine the cause of the fire.

Fire outbreak
September 27, 2022

Sri Lanka’s private airline begins international flights October

Its first flight will be on October 5 from Colombo to the UAE’s Dubai.

FitsAir
July 14, 2022

Sri Lankan president didn’t submit resignation letter: Parliament Speaker

Political tensions remained high in Sri Lanka on Thursday as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa failed to submit his promised resignation letter to the speaker of parliament.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Ranil Wickremesinghe
July 13, 2022

State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka, curfew imposed

Sri Lanka’s acting president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Wednesday declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew to control a fresh wave of protests in Colombo.

Sri Lanka Protest