Churches and temples in Sri Lanka shelter thousands as Cyclone Ditwah kills 465. St. Francis Xavier Church in Gurugalla and ...

November to January are usually the busiest season for Herath Gedara Rohan Anil Kumara’s three-bedroom homestay in Sri ...

The cyclone has brought the worst natural disaster to Sri Lanka in decades, as flooding and landslides have left hundreds ...

COLOMBO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka expects to pull in nearly 50% more tourists this year, a minister said on Wednesday, as the tropical island nation, famous for its ancient temples and golden ...

In Mawathura, in the heart of the country, rescue teams are searching for the bodies of victims of the torrential rains and ...

ELANGAPITIYA VILLAGE, Sri Lanka (AP) – Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit by massive landslides in ...

The man in the khaki vest slurped noisily from his cup, descended briefly into scowling meditation, spat the contents into a sink and then unleashed a torrent of approving descriptors, lavishly ...

On Wednesday evening following his scheduled events, Pope Francis made a brief, unplanned visit to a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka in a gesture of interreligious dialogue, the Holy See press officer ...

ALAWATHUGODA, Sri Lanka, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Nawaz Nashra recalls grabbing her three-year-old daughter, wrapping her in a ...

STATEN ISLAND VILLAGE, SRI LANKA -- Facing the railroad tracks about five paces away from a maze of dirt paths and concrete foundations in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka, a sign in bold English script proclaims ...

Emergency crews are racing to reach survivors and recover bodies after catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – On Friday, June 7, Ambassador Julie Chung, the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, visited the Staten Island Hindu Temple in Castleton Corners, to meet with the Tamil American ...