As the waves creep closer to his home in Kankesanthurai, in Sri Lanka’s northernmost Jaffna Peninsula, 41- year-old Seelan Kandeepan recalls how the sea continuously consumes what was once a thriving ...

Meanwhile, statistics from the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) reveal that around 1,400 buses are involved in accidents ...

Over tourism in the form of backpackers and tourists who patronise establishments run by their own communities are becoming a ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 296.05/15 to the US dollar in ... The port was dug out of dry land and later flooded with sea water. The artificial island was built out of excavated material ...

World Water Day is celebrated on March 22, every year. It is an initiative of the United Nations, started in 1993. ..

The research found that 17% of the cities studied were at risk from "climate whiplash" where drought and flooding has become ...

London is among the cities which could face more frequent and long-lasting droughts in future, research has found.

(Foreign Correspondent: Tom Joyner) Sri Lanka is the second largest supplier ... Vimaladevi's roof is damaged and her home regularly floods. During the dry season, there's no drinking water.

Coral colonies have started to grow across in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port which are now being nurtured and studied through a ...