More than a decade ago, Thushari, a young female elephant, born wild and free, would roam the landscapes of Galgamuwa in northwestern Sri Lanka every day with her family in search of water and food, ...

Sri Lankan authorities are actively working to prevent elephant deaths caused by train collisions, following a tragic ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds NE. The overnight low will be 73 °F (22.8 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 87 °F (30.6 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 8 mph (4.8 to 12.9 kph). Mostly sunny today with ...

The Batticaloa District has emerged as the second-highest leprosy-affected district in Sri Lanka, with 140 new cases recorded last month. About 700 patients attend clinics a month, according to ...

TNA parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam says that Sri Lanka’s problem is that regardless of who is in power, “the state ...

At least six elephants were killed in Sri Lanka after an express train got derailed after ramming into a herd near a wildlife reserve in the early hours of Thursday. The Batticaloa-Colombo express ...

Video. A train derailed in Sri Lanka after colliding with a herd of elephants, killing six of them. No passengers were injured, while two elephants are being treated.

India has donated urgently-needed medicines to Sri Lanka responding to an urgent request from Colombo, the Indian High ...

Cargoserv Shipping Ltd., a subsidiary of the Ceyline Group, has partnered with Prima Ceylon to introduce Sri Lanka’s first ...

Six elephants died, including three calves, and another two were injured after being run over by a train in a rural part of Sri Lanka early ... train was going from Batticaloa to Colombo, the ...