The Health Ministry requests pregnant women to refrain from foreign travel as the Zika virus is spreading and could cause cause birth defects on unborn children.

The Australian Advocacy for Good Governance in Sri Lanka Inc. has presented its submissions to the Sri Lankan consul general in Melbourne, to be forwarded to the Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms.

No less than a quarter of tea imports to the world’s largest tea market are Ceylon Tea-and “Ceylon Tea” is also the first international branding hit for Sri Lanka in modern times, revealed a top Lankan Cabinet Minister in Nanning, China.

Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Ministry makes an attempt to purchase bicycles for fishing community and fishmongers especially in Trincomalee and Hambantota Districts demanding bribes (commissions) from local companies to award tenders.

Sri Lanka's main international airport and the Colombo Port have been placed on high alert to prevent the spread of the Zika virus and Chikungunya, which is raging in Asia, a local media report said here on Sunday.