Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as the death toll due to floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in many parts of the island nation, rose to 16 people, officials said.

Smog and fog envelop the skyline in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Schools across Sri Lanka were closed on Friday as health and environment officials said air quality was unhealthy in ...

The story of diplomat Sir Wilfred Thomas Southorn and his wife Bella Woolf goes back to Sri Lanka in the early 1900s. We retrace Woolf’s journey around the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital Colombo and suburbs on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation.

By Lynn Ockersz Immense learning loss among the young, the likelihood of increasing school dropouts, the interruption of the school feeding programme and rising mental stress and confusion among ...

Amid an unprecedented fuel crisis, the Sri Lankan Education Ministry declared a holiday week from July 4 for all government and state-approved private schools.