At least three people drowned in Sri Lanka as heavy rains sparked ... continued to batter the island. The rains and floods damaged 240 houses and forced nearly 7,000 people to leave their homes ...

Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as the death ... Three others died when mounds of earth collapsed on their houses, and one person died when a tree fell on him. Separately, five people were ...

Torrential rains and subsequent floods have impacted nearly 402,000 people across 24 districts in Sri Lanka and the death ... where more than 2,000 houses have been completely or partially ...

PETALING JAYA: A 65-year-old chef and his family are trapped on the second floor of their house in Taman Sri Muda, Seksyen 25, Shah Alam, after water levels rose to more than 1.5m deep. Panir ...

MOSCOW, August 8. /TASS/. The Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations dispatches humanitarian aid for the population of Sri Lanka affected by strong floods, the ministry press service told TASS ...

In the Ampara district, considered Sri Lanka’s rice bowl, Government Agent S ... we are trying to recover at least a part of the crop,” he said. Roads, tanks and houses in the district also suffered ...

The hope was expressed during a telephone call received from President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe. President Ranil Wickremesinghe offered sympathies on the widespread devastation caused by the ...

Jayewardene marking a significant milestone in the biggest river basin development programme conceived in Sri Lanka ... the power house to run the turbines. The triple gated chute spillway is capable ...