Schools across Sri Lanka were closed on Friday as health and environment officials said the air quality in most parts of the island nation was unhealthy partly due to extreme weather conditions.

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’.

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 ...

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.

While those considered under child labour are children within the age group 5-17, the finding that around 58% of estate sector school dropouts in this age group engage in or seek to engage in economic ...

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.

Schools in Sri Lanka will be closed for another week, beginning Monday, officials, say. The cash-strapped country is in a financial crisis and is struggling to pay its bills, including for food, ...

Accordingly, the 3,000 schools offering studies up to GCE Advanced Level Examination in Sri Lanka will be digitized, and related to this, the training of teachers will commence from March this year, ...

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.

Food prices in Sri Lanka reached record levels when inflation hit an all-time high of almost 95%. Some days, no-one in Malki's family eats. While school is free in Sri Lanka, meals are not provided.

The school in a box kits are intended as a fast, portable way to re-open schools - and in Sri Lanka it is suggested these classes could take place beneath the shade of a large tree. The kits are ...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 4 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented fuel crisis, the Sri Lankan Education Ministry declared the next week, starting from July 4, a holiday week for all the government and ...