A train collided with a herd of elephants in Sri Lanka on Wednesday night, killing at least six of them, according to Sri Lanka Police. No passengers were injured, but wildlife veterinary officers ...

Sri Lanka vowed on Thursday to urgently tackle ... partly due to their significance in Buddhist culture. However, the massacre continues as desperate farmers struggle with elephants raiding ...

Killing or harming elephants is a criminal offence in Sri Lanka, which has an estimated 7,000 wild elephants and where jumbos are considered a national treasure, partly due to their significance in ...

The counterterrorism expert and author of “Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community” explains how religious extremism manifested in Sri Lanka's deadliest ...

It made a special call for accountability in the Bindunuwewa rehabilitation camp massacre case. The E.U. cautioned that Sri Lanka's large military budget was jeopardizing the country's development.

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On 1 December, 1984 LTTE cadres, including women fighters, attacked two Sinhala Catholic fishing villages, Nayaru and Kokkilai, killing 59 fishermen. [1] Kokkilai lagoon is an estuarine lagoon on ...

Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its ... partly due to their significance in Buddhist culture. But the massacre continues as desperate farmers face the brunt of elephants raiding their ...

Killing or harming elephants is a criminal offence in Sri Lanka, which has an estimated ... significance in Buddhist culture. However, the massacre continues as desperate farmers struggle with ...