The Indian Ocean Tsunami hit Sri Lanka in 2004. Cyclone Ditwah swamped us in 2025. In both cases, in addition to lives lost ...

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A protest by Scheduled Caste residents seeking house-site pattas continued for the second day on Wednesday at the Tharangambadi taluk office in Mayiladuthurai district, where families staged a ...

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A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia on Tuesday, according to India’s National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor was recorded at 10:26:47 IST and was felt in ...

Former Sky Sports pundit Rodney Marsh has criticised Soccer Saturday for becoming "bland" since his departure. Marsh was let go by Sky executives in 2005. The now 81-year-old was ...

The ECHO won four awards in total at the ceremony, including individual prizes for specialist and young reporter of the year ...

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It was good to watch the cricket. But even better to see it in the context of visiting Sri Lanka, taking the mountain train, and exploring Kandy’s temples and parks. Overall, Sri Lanka is a very ...

The country’s disaster management system lacks hyperlocal environment data and is mostly reactive instead of proactive.

Dr Raymond Yuen is believed to be the first doctor here to die of Covid-19 His former domestic worker said he paid for her to take courses to improve her work prospects He also paid for her daughter’s ...