Sri Lanka on Monday (March 16, 2026) announced a four-day working week — declaring Wednesdays off — for government institutions, schools, and universities, to conserve fuel as the escalating tensions ...

Amid the hustle and bustle of Pettah, one of the busiest marketplaces in the Colombo district, Sri Lanka’s commercial region, ...

Sri Lanka is repatriating the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who died when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a United States submarine torpedo attack, as it sailed in international waters far ...

Sri Lanka on Sunday (March 15, 2026) switched to a digital QR code-based system to ration fuel sales, a move authorities described as a “precautionary measure” amid persisting uncertainty in West Asia ...

The sawfish, a large ray, is easily recognized by its long, flattened snout edged with sharp, tooth-like projections that ...

The Iranian Navy sought refuge in Sri Lanka and India. While India obliged, Sri Lanka stalled over fears it would threaten its neutrality. By Anupreeta Das and Pamodi Waravita Anupreeta Das reported ...

Just as Sri Lanka thought it had bought some time with a one-month visa for the Iranian sailors it rescued, another of Iran’s warships appeared offshore, deepening Colombo’s struggle to stay out of a ...

The government is also encouraging remote work wherever possible. Sri Lanka has moved to a four-day workweek as part of emergency measures to conserve fuel reserves amid a deepening global energy ...

AI Quick Read All Wednesdays will now be a holiday in Sri Lanka as the country moves to a 4-day work week to conserve its scarce fuel reserves amid the prolonged war in the Middle East. The Strait of ...

Amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, Sri Lanka has declared every Wednesday a public holiday to conserve fuel as the island nation grapples with possible shortages following the US and Israel’s war ...

Sri Lanka has introduced a four-day working week and a work-from-home mandate to conserve dwindling fuel and gas reserves amid supply disruptions caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran. Officials said ...

COLOMBO, March 11 (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation's coast last week be handed over to the ...