After Sri Lanka struggled through one of the worst storms in its history, tea plantation workers are taking temporary refuge ...

Sri Lanka expects its economy to expand by more than 5% next year, matching this year’s pace and significantly outstripping ...

Cyclone Ditwah, which claimed around 650 lives and left at least 200 people missing, cast a heavy pall of gloom over Sri ...

Mud and sand have swamped a rice crop across Kalanchi Dewage Risman's two-acre (0.8-hectare) tract that had just been ...

Two weeks after Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka, the actual environmental cost of the disaster remains largely unknown, as ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a disbursement of SDR150.5 million (about US$206 ...

Torrential downpours and high winds struck large parts of the island nation as Cyclone Ditwah churned northwest toward India. By Pamodi Waravita and Mujib Mashal Pamodi Waravita reported from Colombo, ...

Numbered white cards placed alongside the bones mark how many skeletons have been found since digging began in May of this year, reviving decades-old allegations of wartime atrocities and cover-ups.

The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster in the island nation’s history. A man is carried through flooded streets on ...

Daily Emirates flights carry emergency food and supplies to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah, in partnership with Dubai ...

The U.S. sent military aircraft and personnel to Sri Lanka and pledged $2 million to assist recovery efforts after a devastating tropical cyclone.

Cyclone Ditwah made landfall early on Friday morning, affecting mainly the eastern and central regions of the island nation, with wind speeds of 65 kilometres per hour (40 miles per hour). Before and ...