Waves of plastic pellets and debris from the blaze washed up on the country's beaches. Environmentalists say this may have far-reaching effects on the environment and wildlife in the region. Visit ...

Dalawella is a lagoon protected by an offshore reef in front of Wijeya Beach Wild Indian Ocean-washed beaches define Sri Lanka’s 830-mile coastline. Southern beaches tend to be livelier and more ...

Four women were washed ashore at Chennai's Ennore beach on Friday while playing with the waves. One of them were a Sri Lankan ...

Police in the town of Habaraduwa, in Sri Lanka, recently erected signs warning tourists against wearing “improper” swimwear to the beach — but the country’s tourism department is taking them down. The ...

Sri Lanka is facing one of the worst environmental crises in its history as tons of potentially toxic debris from a fire aboard a container ship blanket miles of its western coastline. The South Asian ...

Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. Bomb blasts can happen "anywhere, anytime," he said, ...

A burning container ship dumped tons of plastic debris onto Sri Lanka's beaches. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A burning ...

Dead sea animals continue to wash onto Sri Lanka’s beaches weeks after a massive cargo ship carrying hazardous chemicals caught fire and then sank off the coast of Colombo, the country’s capital.

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Four women were dragged offshore at Chennai's Ennore beach on Friday (Oct.31), while playing with the waves. One of them was a Sri Lankan refugee.

Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. Bomb blasts can happen “anywhere, anytime,” he said, ...

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