The National Transport Commission (NTC) has taken disciplinary action against the Monaragala-Colombo bus that recently plunged into floodwaters in the Kumbukkana area, putting passengers' lives at ...

Melanie Watters, 54, and her friend Janine Reid, 55, from London, were stranded by floods in Pussellawa for nearly a week ...

Officials estimate the damage runs into billions of dollars, a headache for the island nation just recovering from an ...

Sri Lankan authorities said they would need some £5 billion to rebuild homes, industries and roads destroyed by the cyclone, ...

Chennai residents share their terrifying ordeal of being stranded in Sri Lanka during Cyclone Ditwah's devastating impact.

Sundays at Paramasivam Pushpalatha’s home used to be a much livelier affair. It was her only day off from the factory and so she would pack seven days of ...

Cyclone Ditwah live updates: Cyclone Ditwah on Sunday weakened into a deep depression as it lay centred over the southwest Bay of Bengal within a minimum distance of 30 km from the coasts of North ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday (Nov 29) and appealed for international assistance as the death ...

Two human skeletons lie entangled on the rough earth – the arms of one wrapped around the other’s head, as though protecting them from danger.

Rescue efforts across the nation of 23 million have been hampered by disruptions in transport and telecommunications.

Cyclone Ditwah on Saturday exited Sri Lanka that left more than 120 dead, amid a trail of destruction and damage to ...