Nuwara Eliya District, with a population of 724,957 and located in a hilly region, is among the worst hit by heavy rainfall, ...
Cyclone Ditwah unleashes deadly floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, prompting India's swift aid amid 341 missing.
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has stepped up emergency relief after Cyclone Ditwah triggered deadly landslides across the ...
In the mountains of Sri Lanka, rescuers are still recovering bodies from the muddy ground on Tuesday, following the hurricane ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The enchanting island of Sri Lanka has been known by many names. While under British rule for 133 ...
Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices ...
More than 25 people were killed Thursday in landslides in the central mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara ...
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Sitting just south of Colombo, the Kalutara District has been characterised by agriculture for centuries. Lush green fields, so neatly ...
In 1890, Sir Thomas Lipton arrived on the island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, to purchase a plot of land that would become the first tea estate in his global tea empire. These days, in the ...