Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in northern Sri Lanka. In July 2024, during one of his routine beach surveys, Walpita ...

US to fund $553m deep-sea terminal in Sri Lanka Shipping container terminal in Port of Colombo announced as the US competes with China in international development financing.

Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, comprises about 1,340 km coastline (mainland) and an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which is about seven times the size of our landmass.

Sri Lanka's navy says it has destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats off the north-eastern coast, killing 15 rebels. The navy said the clashes happened near Trincomalee on Tuesday night. Rebels say they are ...

The little-known species with a “ribbon-like body” is believed by some cultures to be a harbinger of destructive events like ...

The navy says that one Sri Lankan sailor was wounded in addition to the sailor who was killed. The sea battle - which both sides agree took place about 40km (25 miles) north of the eastern city of ...

Every nation, in every region of the world, has to take a decision: either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”– ...

The potential environmental impact of deep-sea mining needs to be further investigated, including the recovery of deep-sea ecosystems after mining has taken place.

The story of diplomat Sir Wilfred Thomas Southorn and his wife Bella Woolf goes back to Sri Lanka in the early 1900s. We retrace Woolf’s journey around the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’.

By Simon Payne MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to ...

As per projections, Sri Lanka could expect a sea level rise of between 0.2 to 0.6 metres by 2050, which will impact lives and livelihoods of coastal communities.

Only a small number of Sri Lankans might have taken note of the recent reports that around 100 Indian fishermen and over a dozen.... ..