This photo essay provides a glimpse of the working life of nattami, labourers exclusively involved in transporting goods ...

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past week.

Monkey blamed for plunging entire country into power cut after ‘loud explosion’ heard - Guard at power station says he heard ...

Government blames monkey for power cut that took an entire country offline - Guard at power station says he heard loud ...

A mahout wash his elephant near in Colombo, Sri Lanka on1, 2025.

Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka won the toss and elected to bat in the first of the two-match one-day international series against Australia on Wednesday.

Tourist numbers increased by 121.6% to Sri Lanka, 52% to the Maldives, and 34% to Nepal compared to the previous year, according to the relevant tourism authorities ...

A monkey has been blamed for triggering a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka after the animal intruded into a power station. The blackout occurred when the monkey found its way into the Panadura power ...

Sri Lanka has grappled with a struggling energy grid for years, and monkeys are making it worse. On Sunday at around 11:00 ...

Officials in Sri Lanka said a monkey in the wrong place at the wrong time was to blame for a power blackout that affected the ...

Sri Lanka's Power and Energy Ministry on Monday said a group of monkeys entered the Panadura Power Station and interfered with the power grids during a scuffle which led to the islandwide power outage ...