The worst cyclone to hit the island in a century uprooted fully-grown crops of tea, a key source of export revenue.
Nuwara Eliya District, with a population of 724,957 and located in a hilly region, is among the worst hit by heavy rainfall, ...
In the mist-draped mountains of Sri Lanka's tea country, rescuers were still plucking bodies from the reddish-brown mud on ...
Sri Lanka’s plantations sector has been gravely affected by the cyclone that struck the country last week resulting in the loss of about 20-30 per cent tea crop and a low number of rubber and coconut ...
Photo courtesy of Dawn While climate change is a long term global challenge, its impact on Sri Lanka is both severe and ...
Over the last two months the Peoples Alliance (PA) government in Sri Lanka has sharply escalated security measures in the central hills district of Nuwara Eliya where more than 200,000 Tamil-speaking ...