In Sri Lanka, agamid lizard species are growing increasingly vulnerable due to three main factors: shrinking habitats, climate change and being traded as exotic pets. The Indian Ocean island is home ...

Showcasing Sri Lanka’s readiness to re-enter the global entertainment arena, the three-time Grammy award-winning R&B star Ne-Yo is set to kick off his South Asia tour from Colombo on 28 December. The ...

Sri Lanka stands today at an economic and environmental crossroads. Repeated climate disasters, dwindling foreign exchange reserves, and stagnant rural incomes have exposed the fragility of the ...

The cyclone reshaped large swathes of the upcountry. The devastation is so great that remapping is necessary. More than half of all landslides occurred in the districts of Badulla, Kandy, and Matale.

ECONOMYNEXT – Around 58,340 hectares of paddy lands in Trincomalee and Batticaloa alone were affected by floods brought on by Cyclone Ditwah, according to data maps compiled by the UN Food and ...

Surveyor General N. K. U. Rohana stated that changes could occur in the 3D map of Sri Lanka due to the impact of landslides and floods caused by the Ditwah cyclone. Consequently, he mentioned that ...

Colombo, Dec 12 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka’s upcountry geography has changed in certain areas due to landslides triggered by cyclone Ditwah, warranting revision of the land-use map series in view of ...

Google Maps has commenced updating information pertaining Sri Lanka’s road network covering around 12,000 kilometers, Minister of Transport Bimal Ratnayake has stated. Accordingly, information ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sundaram Muttupillai, 46, had been working on a tea estate in Thalawakelle in Sri Lanka’s central district of Nuwara Eliya since he turned 17. However, a devastating cyclone last ...

India on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) trashed as "ridiculous" Pakistan's claim that its request for using Indian airspace to send humanitarian aid to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka was denied by New Delhi. "We ...

Rescue efforts across the nation of 23 million have been hampered by disruptions in transport and telecommunications. By Pamodi Waravita and Mujib Mashal Pamodi Waravita reported from Colombo, Sri ...