COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Christians in Sri Lanka celebrated Easter in their homes on Sunday, participating in religious services through television as churches remained closed due to the coronavirus …
Sailors become biggest cluster of infections in Sri Lanka
Sailors at a Sri Lankan naval base have become the biggest cluster of coronavirus infections in the Indian Ocean island nation with 248 testing positive for the disease …
Asia Today: Sri Lanka reimposing full curfew amid resurgence
BANGKOK (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government is reimposing a 24-hour curfew across the Indian Ocean island nation Thursday after a recent resurgence of coronavirus cases. Sri Lanka has had …
AP PHOTOS: India photojournalist records life in quarantine
Rafiq Maqbool remembers never flinching while covering high-risk news assignments such as the war in Afghanistan, the Sri Lankan tsunami or the conflict in Kashmir, where he grew up and decided to …
Fighting COVID-19 with a precious resource: Q&A with Kusum Athukorala, Sri Lanka’s ‘Woman in Water’
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 response should prioritize the introduction of special mechanisms to address the needs of marginalized communities, women and children, says a leading water management expert from …
End of the road for Umar Akmal, Pakistan cricket’s troubled child
Umar Akmal in full flow during a limited overs match against Sri Lanka in Dubai. Image Credit: Gulf News Archives Dubai: Pakistan cricket found itself making the headlines this week during a quiet …
Sri Lanka reimposes countrywide 24-hour curfew
Associated Press Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew over the weekend after a surge in the number of confirmed virus cases, most of them navy sailors who were hunting those evading …
Asia Today: Sri Lanka reimposes curfew; India eases lockdown
BANGKOK (AP) — Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge in the number of coronavirus cases, most of them navy sailors who were searching for those evading …
Soap and solace scarce as Sri Lanka’s tea pickers toil on amid lockdown
Many tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka, where masks are mandatory, have been forced to buy or make their own protective face-wear. Photograph: Dr Yasmin Gunaratnam In Sri Lanka, police have been …
Asia virus latest: Sri Lanka soldiers isolated; China to give WHO more money
Sri Lanka isolated a navy camp near the capital Colombo after 30 sailors tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. The military said the entire facility in the Colombo suburb of Welisara was …