THANNAMUNAI, Sri Lanka – The checkpoints started just outside of the east Sri Lanka village, the strictest seen in the days after Islamic State-aligned militants launched suicide attacks that killed ...

Chief Minister Stalin to inaugurate 280 free houses for Sri Lankan Tamils in Tiruvannamalai on December 27, enhancing living ...

ADIGAMA, Sri Lanka (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Scorched by a 10-month drought that has killed crops and reduced residents to buying trucked-in water, Adigama’s young people are voting with their ...

The disaster led to a death toll of more than 640 people and displacement of over 66,000. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

After a week of typical British rain, on Sunday, November 2, 2025, the clouds parted, and a glorious autumnal sun rose, splicing together the blue skies over the historical and beautiful city of ...

Children look to borrow books from a mobile library run on a motorbike by Mahinda Dasanayaka, in a village in Kegalle district, about 85 kilometers (53 miles) northeast of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo ...

Solar Village SDG CIC, an Oxfordshire, UK, based community interest company, has launched an exciting, sponsored walk fundraising initiative called Oxford City Walkabout scheduled on Sunday 2nd ...

Electrician V. K. Muthukrishnan ran to help when a lightning-fast mudslide flattened his neighbour's home in rural Sri Lanka -- only to see his own house swept away minutes later. A friend whom he ...

Deep Tec Engineering Ltd., a pioneering force in sustainable water solutions, is reaffirming its commitment to transforming ...

Catholics participate in Holy Mass at St. Joseph’s church in Thannamunai, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. This small village in eastern Sri Lanka has held likely the first Mass since Catholic ...

VK Muthukrishnan, 42, removes debris from his house following landslides in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah in Hadabima village near Sarasavigama on December 4, 2025 A man walks past a damaged house ...

A soldier stands guard amid Catholics attending Mass outside St. Joseph's church in Thannamunai, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. This small village in eastern Sri Lanka has held likely the first ...