Sri Lanka, Feb. 6 -- Sri Lanka ranked 134 out of 180 countries in the latest Environmental Protection Index (EPI) report compiled by Yale and Colombia universities with a score of 38.8 out of 100 on their national efforts to protect environmental health.

This shows that despite the effort of the government's 'Clean Sri Lanka' initiatives, the country has a long way to go to get a higher global ranking in its cleanliness and its initiatives to protect the environment.

However, although globally Sri Lanka is ranked low, the country ranked second in South Asia according to the research conducted by Yale and Columbia University.

The data which has been conducted in 2024 which is the latest to be released by the universities said that "Coun...