Tourist arrivals reached 2.17 million by December 11, pushing Sri Lanka past last year’s total. The bigger goal, though, was to edge closer to the 2018 peak of 2.3 million, and much will depend on how ...

Sri Lanka is suffering a series of floods and landslides brought upon by Cyclone Ditwah this past November. Climate experts believethe intensity of seasonal storms, which also recently devastated ...

In a candid conversation with Newsweek in the stately bilateral meeting room at the President’s Secretariat in Colombo, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake laid out the realities his nation faces in ...

Washington, DC: Mr. Evan Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Sri Lanka issued the following statement today: "In the wake of the devastating impact and widespread ...

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

The devastating Cyclone Ditwah has left a trail of destruction over 25 districts in Sri Lanka and killed 474 people; among the hardest-hit are those inhabiting low-lying coastal areas and the tea ...

PADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia — Indonesia’s president told survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a ...

Numbered white cards placed alongside the bones mark how many skeletons have been found since digging began in May of this year, reviving decades-old allegations of wartime atrocities and cover-ups.

Entire areas of Sri Lanka's capital were flooded on Sunday after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island, with authorities reporting nearly 200 dead and dozens more ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka rose to ...

Sri Lanka closed government offices and schools Friday as the death toll from floods and landslides across the country rose to 56 while more than 600 houses were damaged, officials said. Sri Lanka ...