Rain slowed Australia's progress on day three of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. After the tourists dominated the first two days, Sri Lanka resumed on 44-3 and reached 136-5 at lunch ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visits to India and China highlight subtle differences in the narrative indicating the rapidly changing nature of engagement with the two dominant powers in the region ...

And on that note it's a wrap from us. Australia have set a marker for this series, and Sri Lanka will have about five days to reflect till the start of the second Test on the Feb 6, which is this ...

The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that 13 fishermen from India were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Monday night and among them, two suffered serious injuries in the navy's gunfire.

The species is native Australia. Also captured was an alert-looking Indian eagle-owl, a large horned owl species native to hilly and rocky scrub forests in India. Dwarf mongoose are found in ...

Sixty-six million years ago, in the wake of the Deccan volcanism that probably spelled ... A lull in paleofires allowed tropical forests to flourish, marked by a fern spike. This is attributable ...

Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy in 2022 and halted repayments on some repayments on some US$83 billion in domestic and foreign loans. In November 2023, Sri Lanka reached an agreement with China ...

Sinopec, China's state-owned and largest oil refiner, signed an agreement with Sri Lanka's energy ministry to invest $3.7 billion in a state-of-the-art oil refinery with a capacity of 200,000 ...

Both place names derive from the ancient forests that were there when the Saxons settled ... but if Fiennes’s title, Oak and Ash and Thorn, raises expectations of a paean to the unchanging pastoral ...

Twelve fire crews joined the battle to contain a scrub fire in the Tahorakuri Forest area between Rotorua and Taupō on Wednesday. Video / Supplied A large scrub fire in the Tahorakuri Forest area ...

Emergency services are at a fire at Tahorakuri Forest in the Taupō District. A spokesperson for Fire and Emergency NZ said multiple calls were received about the vegetation fire and seven crews ...

A third helicopter is joining the battle to contain a large scrub fire in the Tahorakuri Forest area between Rotorua and Taupō. A witness says it is worrying nearby homeowners. A Bay of Plenty ...