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Sri Lankan emergency personnel at the scene near the coastal village of Panama

British journalist killed by crocodile in Sri Lanka

Tributes have been paid to a "talented, energetic and dedicated" journalist who was reportedly killed by a crocodile while on holiday in Sri Lanka.

World • 15 Sep 17

A family cleans their home in the flood affected area of Bulathsinhala

Sri Lanka targets unauthorised builders over deaths

Sri Lanka has announced plans to prosecute a number of companies and individuals behind illegal construction projects blamed for landslides and flooding that have killed at least 211 people following heavy monsoon rains last week.

World • 03 Jun 17

Nearly 2,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed

Scores killed as monsoon causes havoc in Sri Lanka

The death toll from monsoon flooding in Sri Lanka has climbed to 164 with the discovery of more bodies of people buried in landslides triggered by intense rains, the Disaster Management Centre said.

World • 29 May 17

Police said a total of 145 homes, mostly shacks, were destroyed

23 dead after Sri Lanka dump disaster

Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of rubbish in Sri Lanka's capital are fading.

News • 16 Apr 17

Sri Lankan soldiers arrive to help in the rescue operations

16 killed as rubbish mountain collapses in Sri Lanka

A rubbish dump landslide in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo has killed at least 16 people and injured over a dozen, a military spokesman and hospital officials said this morning.

World • 15 Apr 17

There are 264 cases of the Zika virus in Panama

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News • 05 May 16

More than 100 people are feared to have been buried alive at a tea plantation

No hope for survivors of Sri Lanka landslide

Rescue workers have stepped up their search for survivors of a landslide in Sri Lanka which is feared to have buried 100 people alive on a tea plantation.

News • 30 Oct 14

The landslide area being excavated by a bulldozer as people watch during the rescue operation

More than 100 feared dead in Sri Lankan mudslides

More than 100 people are believed to have died in a landslide in Sri Lanka, according to a minister.

News • 29 Oct 14

Pro-government activists marched towards US Embassy in Colombo where they shouted slogans against proposed war crimes investigation (Pic: EPA)

Sri Lanka in warning over UN inquiry plans

Sri Lanka has warned that US efforts to force an international investigation into alleged war crimes on the island could have an "adverse impact" on all developing nations.

News • 08 Mar 14

Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott (C) and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (R) lead other heads of state from the Commonwealth after posing for an official portrait photograph

Sri Lanka under scrutiny as summit begins

Leaders of the Commonwealth of mostly former British colonies have gathered in Colombo for a biennial summit.

News • 15 Nov 13

Pro-government activists block a train carrying Britain's Channel 4 television crew who made an award-winning documentary on alleged warcrimes in Sri Lanka

Channel 4 crew blocked from Sri Lanka 'war zone'

UK television journalists who have reported on war crimes allegations in Sri Lanka have been stopped from reaching the north of the country by protesters who blocked their train.

News • 13 Nov 13

A Tamil activist reacts during a demonstration in 2011 at the UN's European headquarters in Geneva calling for a probe into alleged war crimes committed by Sri Lanka

Torture claims cast shadow over Sri Lanka summit

Allegations ethnic minority Tamils in Sri Lanka are being subjected to abuses four years after the army won a civil war have put pressure on the government as it prepares to host a Commonwealth summit.

News • 12 Nov 13

A Sri Lankan poll officer carries a sealed ballot box at a counting centre in Jaffna

Tamil party wins provincial poll in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's main ethnic minority Tamil party has secured a landslide victory in a provincial poll.

News • 22 Sep 13

A Sri Lankan woman leaves a polling station after voting in Jaffna earlier today

Polling under way in key Sri Lanka election

Voters in Sri Lanka's north have thronged polling stations in the first election there since the military crushed separatists and ended a 26-year war.