The Diplomat: 4 Years After Sri Lanka’s Worst Environmental Disaster, South Asia’s Coasts Reel from a New Spill
4 Years After Sri Lanka’s Worst Environmental Disaster, South Asia’s Coasts Reel from a New Spill
Mongabay News on MSN: Open dumping & failed reforms bury Sri Lankan cities in waste problem
As Sri Lankans celebrate the traditional New Year on April 14 each year, a period marked by family gatherings and renewal, there are no celebrations at Keerthirathna Perera’s home anymore. In 2017, ...
Open dumping & failed reforms bury Sri Lankan cities in waste problem
Mongabay: Sri Lanka plans restoring revoked protection for an important mangrove patch in the island’s North
In 2024, the Sri Lankan government revoked the protected status of an ecologically important mangrove forest in Vidattaltivu, in the island’s north, to facilitate the development of an aquaculture ...
Sri Lanka plans restoring revoked protection for an important mangrove patch in the island’s North
Sri Lanka is identified as one of the hottest countries in the world due to its location close to the equator. As a small tropical island, temperatures in Sri Lanka generally rise to around 30°C ...
The Island: Sri Lanka at the Crossroads: Rethinking Strategy in a Fractured World
Three women sift plastic nurdles from the sand on Sarakkuwa beach in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: Nicholas Muller For the past four years, Asunta, Malkanti, and Chamari Randika have come each day to ...
Sri Lanka has received $2.5 million in the third interim payment for the sinking of the X-Press Pearl cargo ship in June 2021, giving it a total of just $7.85 million for the worst maritime disaster ...