Sri Lanka has agreed in principle to sell an 80% stake in a deep-water port on the nation’s southern coast, close to one of the world’s busiest sea lanes, to a Chinese state-owned company.

Update: Sri Lanka's Coast, After the Tsunami Steve Inskeep talks to Steve Matthews of the relief organization World Vision.Morning Edition talked with him last year, just after the deadly tsunami ...

Sri Lanka, an island nation graced by over 1,600 kilometres of coastline, is home to thousands of families whose lives are deeply intertwined with the sea. ..

The Tamil insurgency, which blighted Sri Lanka for nearly 30 years, made travel hazardous. A few months later, the east was devastated along with much of the south coast by the Boxing Day tsunami.

But in truth, they only began showing up in any real numbers on the south coast about a decade ago. Between December and April, when the first of Sri Lanka's two monsoon seasons has spent itself ...

Both the United States and Israel issued security alerts Wednesday warning of a potential attack on tourist locations in a coastal area of Sri Lanka. The US Embassy alert advised they had received ...

I recently went on a solo trip to Sri Lanka and rode its famed coastal rail. The rail had stunning views of honey-colored beaches and the Indian Ocean. I had to sit on my suitcase for the entire ...