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Global Headlines Colombo: An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today in a new report. more
Sri Lankan govt workers now given extra day off a week to grow food
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced that it is giving its officials an extra day off a week to encourage them to grow food, amid fears of a food shortage engulfing the countr ...