Owing to its international shipping routes, starting up in Sri Lanka allows entrepreneurs to not only serve in the Pearl of the Orient but to the rest of South Asia. “We had very few homegrown ...

A sinking cargo ship filled with tonnes of chemicals and plastics is threatening marine life off the coast of Sri Lanka. Efforts to tow the Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl into deeper water to ...

COLOMBO — Beneath Sri Lanka’s serene waters, a pearl oyster cherished her pearl, living in harmony. But disaster struck when a blazing ship sank, poisoning the sea. Entangled in debris ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Sri Lanka as the "precious pearl of the Indian Ocean," highlighting the deep-rooted historical, cultural, and civilisational ties between the two nations. PM ...

The sinking of the MV X-Press Pearl off Sri Lanka’s coast released 1,680 metric tons of plastic nurdles, marking the world’s largest nurdle spill and triggering long-term damage to marine ...