LYON: In the 1990s, Irish singer Bob Geldof and friends campaigned to “drop the debt,” in an effort to alleviate the economic struggles of developing nations. A decade later, €122 …
COLOMBO: Animal rights activists on Friday (Sep 9) cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri Lankan waters to avoid collisions with blue whales, the world’s …
COLOMBO: At his home in Thimbirigasyaya, a highly residential area in the heart of Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo, Eshan Witana keeps expensive Japanese koi fish, a species of carp …
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will offer livestreams from the island nation’s wildlife parks, in a move to help revive a tourism industry that has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Adapting …
COLOMBO, November 2019: Uthpala Adaranga, a ranger with Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), was initially doubtful about the call he received of a seal spotted near Unawatuna, off …