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
December traditionally marks Sri Lanka’s peak tourism season, driven largely by holiday travel from Europe and other regions that observe long Christmas and New Year vacations. Airlines and Sri Lanka–bound flights are
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The London P&I Club, the insurer acting on behalf of the owners of the sunken MV X-Press Pearl, is escalating its efforts to engage Sri Lankan authorities after the country’s Supreme Court
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When the rains finally stopped, what remained was not just devastation but disbelief. Entire neighbourhoods had turned into brown, swirling lakes. Heartbreaking images and videos flow of families stood on the upper
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In Hong Kong’s northern district of Tai Po, the aftermath of the Wang Fuk Court residential fire has moved the search for missing residents into a local community hall, where distraught family
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There has been no let-up in nature’s fury; torrential rains and gale-force winds continue to lash many parts of Sri Lanka, triggering floods and landslides. About 60 lives had been lost at
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Hong Kong’s long-standing use of bamboo scaffolding has come under intense scrutiny following one of the deadliest building fires in the city’s history, a catastrophe that has shocked the world and prompted
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Editorial Sri Lanka stands at a precipice, and yet the government continues to behave as though the nation has merely been brushed by an inconvenient monsoon. With dozens dead, scores missing, entire
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by Durga Velayudham Sri Lanka is at the blink of another recorded disaster; sooner the blaming and shaming game of usual political catastrophisers will emerge. Failures of the government will try to hide
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is bracing for severe flooding and further devastation as intense rainfall, rising river levels and powerful winds triggered by Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” continue to batter
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Australia faces a growing risk of missing its 2035 climate targets unless it implements deeper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a government report released on Thursday. Current projections indicate emissions
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Editorial Cyclone Ditwah has only just formed, and Sri Lanka is already reeling—yet the truth is blunt and terrifying: the worst is still ahead. Ditwah is no longer just a developing storm
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Updated Story 2: The Disaster Management Center (DMC) reports that the death toll from the severe weather gripping the country has risen to 47, with 37 of
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A new study published on Nov. 25 in Nature Climate Change warns that Earth’s oceans are undergoing rapid and unprecedented transformations, with vast regions now experiencing multiple climate-driven shifts at the same
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The United Nations has issued a stark warning about the escalating risks of extreme heat across Asia and the Pacific, highlighting the region’s growing vulnerability to climate-related disasters. The warning comes as
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor Between 2015 and 2025, the Mediterranean Shipping Company’s global rise unfolded alongside an accumulation of environmental crises, safety lapses, and governance failures that now define a decade
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