>"Immunologist Neelika Malavige’s study of a massive dengue-fever outbreak is being hampered by fuel shortages and power cuts."

>"COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament said Friday that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned _...Read More_

>"Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled country on Wednesday after protesters occupied presidential palace"

>"COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Tuesday (Jun 7) asked the International Monetary Fund to arrange a creditor meeting for US$6 billion in loans to help keep the country afloat during its unprecedented economic crisis. Months of _...Read More_

>"Sri Lanka extended its nationwide curfew through Thursday morning, with the army denying it was preparing for martial law after it was given orders to shoot anyone who damages property."

"Sri Lanka imposed a countrywide curfew starting Saturday evening until Monday morning, in addition to a state of emergency declared by the president, in an attempt to prevent more protests blaming the government for a worsening economic _...Read More_

"Protests popped up on Sunday across Sri Lanka’s capital and suburbs, and at a university in the central city of Kandy, driven by a crushing economic crisis and despite a state of emergency imposed to prevent them."

"A debt crisis is disrupting life across Sri Lanka, where food and fuel are suddenly either unavailable or exorbitantly priced. Protests are rising against a president with a reputation for brutality."

"Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis with fears it could go bankrupt in 2022 as inflation rises to record levels, food prices rocket and its coffers run dry."

>"During the standoff between Washington and Moscow, it was mostly people in poor, developing countries who paid the price."

Baby elephants in Sri Lanka under the age of two have been banned from working and must be kept with their mothers, according to wide-ranging new regulations released Thursday to regulate elephants in the country.

>"Colombo avoids a debt default, but it’s fast running out of money to pay for imports. Will the IMF provide a _...Read More_

Ship carrying tonnes of chemicals is sinking, government and navy say, in one of the island nation’s worst-ever marine disasters.

>"Memes and vigils were sparked worldwide when the western lowland gorilla was shot dead five years ago."