ECONOMYNEXT –Eighty-five percent of grade 3 children in Sri Lanka are not achieving minimum proficiency in literacy and numeracy, UNICEF said also noting that the country...
Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to extreme high temperature compared to only one in three globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said...
A startling 42.2 per cent of the 0-4-year-old Lankan children are multidimensionally poor, a study conducted collectively by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), the...
The ICC and UNICEF have launched a global partnership to empower women and girls and promote inclusion and gender equality through cricket.Initiatives to drive greater gender...
The Health Ministry has denied UNICEF declaration pertaining to a significant increase in malnutrition among children here. Health Secretary, Janaka Sri Chandragupta, yesterday told the media...
COLOMBO/KATHMANDU– As the economic crisis in Sri Lanka deepens, UNICEF and Rotary International are partnering to deliver lifesaving medicines, clean drinking water, education materials, and other...
By Hiran H. Senewiratne The Sri Lankan economic crisis continues to rattle the country and it is the poorest, most vulnerable among its girls and boys...
The Opposition yesterday called for a parliamentary debate on a recent UNICEF report on growing child malnourishment in the country. Samagi Jana Balavegaya and Opposition Leader...