The Open Cities Project launched its efforts in three cities: Batticaloa, Sri Lanka; Dhaka, Bangladesh ... to estimate the population distribution of cities; attempt to manage urban sprawl; and to ...

has been selected as the unanimous winner of the International Urban Design Ideas Competition for the Financial District and Marina District of the Port City Colombo, Sri Lanka. An extension of ...

Kusal Mendis and Avishka Fernando made centuries, and put on 206 together to send Sri Lanka to a commanding score.... Kusal Mendis crashed 143 off 127 balls, Avishka Fernando hit 100 off 115, and ...

Human rights in Sri Lanka remain at serious risk in the face of security force abuses committed with impunity and an economic crisis that reduced the living standards of millions. To silence ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital, Colombo, and its suburbs on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation. Heavy downpours over the ...

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The world is changing rapidly, and so is our relationship with the environment. Climate change is reshaping the very cities we live in. Urban flooding, exacerbated by extreme weather, is among the ...

I’m speaking of freedom from all kinds of oppression,” says Aditi Veena, popularly known as Ditty. The Delhi-born, ...

Our work in Sri Lanka focuses on working with key government stakeholders, service providers and other concerned entities to improve protection and solutions for refugees and asylum seekers. We are ...

Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling ...

Sri Lanka is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean, just off the southeastern coast of India. Despite its modest size—slightly larger than the state of West Virginia—Sri Lanka has a population ...

Six wickets from Nishan Peiris lead Sri Lanka to a win by an innings and 154 runs in the second Test at Galle. Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis enters the record books with a century in the second ...