Rural poverty in Sri Lanka is frequently highlighted, yet remains unresolved. According to experts, a large portion of the ...

A substantial share of Sri Lankans live in rural areas and depend on agriculture, fisheries, and small-scale enterprises.

Four tragic suicides by farmers in the north-central province of Sri Lanka during the lead-up to the presidential election have highlighted the plight of many small farmers, who face mounting debt, ...

Sri Lanka’s CCDR warns that climate risks, ranging from heat stress to coastal erosion, threaten to deepen the country’s ...

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 ...

The FINANCIAL — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved financing of up to $900 million for a program that will upgrade Sri Lanka’s road network to connect vast rural ...

After a week of typical British rain, on Sunday 2 November 2025 the clouds parted, and a glorious Autumnal sun rose splicing ...

A Sri Lankan rural court on Monday sentenced 10 people, including three women, to death for killing a 30-year-old man by ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka’s elephants, long revered as cultural icons and ecological guardians, are facing one of the most serious declines ...