Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that disrupt ...

COLOMBO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will outline the government's revenue and policy goals in his first full-year budget on Monday, seeking to extend the ...

Sri Lanka’s most anticipated open-air art fair, Kala Pola, is set to unfold for its 32nd edition on Sunday, 16th February 2025, at Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha (Green Path), Colombo 07. With its unique ...

Monkey causes nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka A man waits for customers at a dimmed footwear shop during a nationwide power outage in Galle on Feb 9, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Ishara S Kodikara) ...

A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation's 22 million residents were mostly left without power during the outage, which began around 11am local ...

Australia brushed aside any concern over Galle's fickle weather by steamrolling through Sri Lanka's listless batting order across two innings on day four to complete a near-flawless performance in ...

Sri Lanka’s new National Peoples Power (NPP) government, led by the charismatic President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, entered office in late 2024 at a turning point in the country’s economic ...

Australia's batters have enjoyed a day out in Galle, as Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith kicked off the Test series against Sri Lanka with centuries. Scorecard: Check out all the live scores and ...

(CNN) — Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain’s PA Media news agency has reported. Ebony McIntosh ...

and Co-Worldwide Head of Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, Sotheby’s and culminated in a charity auction featuring 46 lots from 35 of Sri Lanka’s foremost artists. The charity auction conducted ...

Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando, Lahiru Udara, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis ...