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On 21 April 2019, the Easter Sunday bombings led to lockdowns across the island, then a year later the pandemic hit. Even ...
Deforestation, habitat loss, and habitat fragmentation due to agricultural expansion, urban development, mega development projects, unplanned and unsustainable land use, human-wildlife conflict, ...
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when ...
An old video showing two people on a motorcycle falling into a pothole has been misrepresented in social media posts holding ...
The transcript discusses the impact of the Emergency on press freedom, constitutional amendments, and foreign policy decisions. It highlights the censorship of newspapers, arrest of editors, and ...
WMO report shows Asia's temperature rise nearly double the global average, threatening ecosystems and communities.
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued landslide warnings for seven districts as adverse weather ...
WMO's State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report highlights record-breaking heatwaves, sea level rise, and extreme weather ...
The fibre-optic cables we use to surf the Internet and make phone calls could help us predict a landslide or the collapse of ...
ECONOMYNEXT – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his party threatened to sack him . But outgoing Finance Secretary ...
Throughout the history of the spread of Buddhism to Tibet from India, Buddhist masters and pilgrims have travelled between India, Nepal and Tibet using ancient Himalaya trails. These are their stories ...
Sri Lankans experienced fuel shortage and long queues in 2022 when it ran out of foreign currency to buy fuel before mass ...