Jaffna sizzles with spicy food, sparkling sarees in an area surrounded by a dry and arid landscape with floating dunes and palmyrah trees. Solid cast irons with flat plates are still being employed in ...

JAFFNA (Sri Lanka) – I am sitting in a bumpy public bus in April 2024 in the northernmost province of Sri Lanka, and there is a Tamil song by Indian music star A.R. Rahman from the 1990s blaring over ...

Demonstration in Colombo calling on the government to intervene to prevent poaching by Indian fishermen on February 23, 2022. CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE / EPA VIA MAXPPP The village of Valvettithurai was ...

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2016— The World Bank today approved a $55 million loan to Sri Lanka to improve urban services, preserve cultural and environmental assets, and improve livability in Jaffna, adding ...

New assessments identify Sri Lanka’s northern region as a hotspot for climate change impacts, with the district of Jaffna named the top hotspot. The Global Climate Risk Index 2019 lists Sri Lanka as ...