Everything to know before you go - Sri Lanka lures travellers with an impressive array: wildlife, history, exceptional food, surfing hotspots and beaches ...

In March 2012, a container ship sailed into the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka, with the body of a blue whale snagged across its bow. Less than two weeks later, ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A gem company in Sri Lanka has unveiled a rare and massive gemstone weighing 683 pounds (310 kilograms) that has been certified as one of the biggest corundums ever found in ...

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Ethiopia recognises a timely and strategic opportunity to deepen cooperation with Africa’s ...

In Sri Lanka, an unusual alliance has been forged: conservationists and shipping companies have aligned in a bid to move one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, to save the blue whales often ...

Sri Lanka is again involved in a controversy surrounding a foreign research vessel. Sri Lankan media has reported that a UN ...

MANNAR, Sri Lanka — It was a proposal by Sri Lanka that resulted in the United Nations deciding in 2022 to designate March 1 as World Seagrass Day. And earlier this year, the Indian Ocean island ...

Japan’s Sojitz Corporation and Nippon Trading East have pledged to start a Blue Climate Fund to be implemented by Worldview International Foundation (WIF) and its community partners in Asia, Africa ...

A 310 kilograms (683 pounds) heavy natural corundum blue sapphire is on display at a residence in Horana, about 41 kilometers (25 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021.