Jaffna recorded the highest level of air pollution in Sri Lanka, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 142, while Colombo ranked fourth among the country’s most polluted cities with a
Jaffna recorded the highest level of air pollution in Sri Lanka, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 142, while Colombo ranked fourth among the country’s most polluted cities with a
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At least 107,356 species are involved in international wildlife trade, more than twice the number previously estimated, according to a study published in Science Advances. The research, which brings together records from
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Hundreds of Indonesian security personnel were deployed across the capital, Jakarta, on Wednesday ahead of student protests against President Prabowo Subianto’s policies and his government’s handling of forest fires on the islands
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Sri Lanka plans to strengthen existing elephant fences and construct new barriers in a village in Puttalam district before considering the allocation of land on the village side to newly married young
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Sri Lanka is expected to experience continued rainfall over the next several days as a depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression, the Department of Meteorology has
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At least 16 people have been killed and 32 injured in a magnitude-7 earthquake in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, according to the state news agency Xinhua, citing local disaster management authorities. At
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An exceptionally strong El Niño is expected to disrupt weather patterns across several continents, threatening food production, worsening hunger and exposing millions of vulnerable people to floods and droughts. Scientists anticipate that
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Former BBC News Bangla journalist Salahuddin Sumon has transformed digital travel filmmaking by merging newsroom rigor with human-centered storytelling, reaching millions of Bengali-speaking viewers across South Asia and the global diaspora. From
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Sri Lankan police have arrested a man suspected of shooting Kawanthissa, one of the country’s best-known wild tuskers, and seized two illegal firearms as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the elephant’s death
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Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has paid tribute to Kavanthissa, a widely admired elephant, in a Facebook post reflecting on the animal’s place in the country’s history, Buddhist traditions and cultural
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As a child, visits to my grandmother’s home in the rural area between the municipalities of Humacao and Yabucoa, in eastern Puerto Rico, often began with the same question: “Is there running
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Hundreds of major cities around the world are sinking by several millimetres a year, with the fastest rates recorded in parts of Mexico, Iran and South-east Asia, according to a study published
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Plans to open Sri Lanka’s Adam’s Bridge Marine National Park to tourism on October 15 have drawn strong objections from an environmental lawyer and a former senior wildlife official, who warn that
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Nepali authorities on Sunday urged residents living along riverbanks in several districts to move to safer locations after a major flood triggered by a landslide swept away houses and infrastructure in central
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Pacific nations have called for a major increase in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, warning that every additional fraction of a degree of warming will intensify rising seas, extreme weather
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