Sri Lanka President orders burnt container vessel X-Press Pearl to be towed to the deep sea
Colombo, June 1 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the concerned authorities to tow the wrecked X-PRESS PEARLContinue Reading
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Sri Lankan firefighters extinguish blaze on container ship
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Firefighters in Sri Lanka on Tuesday extinguished a blaze on a container ship that hadContinue Reading
Sri Lanka questions burning cargo ship crew as ecological devastation assessed
Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators began questioning the crew of a burning cargo ship Monday, as the Singapore-registered carrier smouldered forContinue Reading
Sri Lanka to sue Singapore ship owners over marine pollution
Sri Lankan authorities Sunday said they will sue the owners of a Singapore-registered cargo carrier which has burned for 11Continue Reading
Sri Lanka faces marine disaster as waves of plastic from burning ship wash ashore
NEGOMBO, SRI LANKA (AFP)- Sri Lanka faces an unprecedented pollution crisis as waves of plastic waste from a burning containerContinue Reading
Sri Lanka braces for beach pollution as ship burns
Three Indian vessels on Thursday joined the battle to contain a major fire on a container ship off the SriContinue Reading
Ship fire rages for 6th day off Sri Lanka, India sends ships
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire on a container ship carrying chemicals raged off Sri Lanka for a sixthContinue Reading
2ndODI: Bangladesh hammer sorry Sri Lanka by 103 runs; register first series win
Bangladesh hammered Sri Lanka by 103 runs in the 2nd ODI to win the 3 match ODI series 2-0 withContinue Reading
Crew evacuated after explosion on container ship off Colombo
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An explosion occurred Tuesday on a ship anchored near Sri Lanka’s capital on which aContinue Reading
Mass evacuations as second cyclone in a week forms off India; Sri Lanka warns fishermen not to venture into Bay of Bengal
Indian authorities on Monday ordered the evacuation of nearly half a million people out of the path of a newContinue Reading
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