By Dr Nisha Arunatilake, Director of Research, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) The Ditwah Cyclone ranks second ...

"In minutes, we'll see two meters of sea levels rise," said Virginia Tech's Prof. Tina Dura in a recent discussion with BBC Science Focus. These are basically alarming words to anyone living along the ...

A decade back the impact of climate change was widely discussed globally. It was also the year of the terrible and ...

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 309.15/40 to the US dollar in the spot market Thursday, weaker from 308.80/90 the previous day, dealers said, while bond yields closed slightly down.

The United States government called her one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists. Assata Shakur called herself a ...

The 20th anniversary of the annual report tracks how sea ice, snow cover and many other vital signs of the Arctic have ...

When Cyclone Ditwah roared across the island on November 27 and 28, 2025, it left behind a landscape scarcely recognisable to its own inhabitants—homes reduced to rubbles, vital infrastructure torn ...

He pioneered the Right to Die movement but thought it didn’t go far enough. By Katie Engelhart The book was slim and to the ...

Cyclones Ditwah and Senyar are indications of a shifting disaster riskscape, not anomalies. Both storms broke historical patterns: Ditwah ...

Ven. Mettavihari is no more. I messaged Ven Vajiraramaye Nanaseeha Thera last week to find out what information he had on Ven ...

Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka with a frightening force, leaving behind washed-out villages, broken roads, drowned ...

Almost two weeks on from devastating floods, Muslim worshippers in Indonesia's Sumatra who gathered at their local mosque on ...