Although the capacity of prisons across the country is 12,000, approximately 33,000 inmates are being held at present, ...

Sri Lanka can be best described as south Asia in miniature form, filled with beaches, elephants, tea plantations, curries, ...

Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in ...

Over the centuries, locals have come up with plenty of ways to make these resources into delicious meals. Grandmas in floral ...

An unidentified 35-year-old woman, a native of China, slammed into a tunnel wall while engrossed in clicking photos during her train travel in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is an island nation off southern India: It won independence from British rule in 1948.Three ethnic groups - Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim - make up 99% of the country's 22 million population.

As people continue to encroach on the elephants’ habitats in Sri Lanka, photographer Federico Borella captured the complex conflict that’s causing casualties on both sides.

Protesters dance shouting slogans against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa outside his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Eranga Jayawardena/AP hide caption ...

Demonstrators attend a protest outside the office of Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, amid the country’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka [Adnan Abidi/Reuters] 13 Jul ...

After Years of Turmoil, Sri Lanka Is Making a Return — Here's How to Visit. The past few years have not been easy on this South Asian island, but the place — and its people — are on the upswing.

Many homes in Sri Lanka have a specific room used to store rice, which elephants can smell from miles away. Using their massive size, elephants can collapse walls onto sleeping families ...