No passengers were injured in the accident, which occurred some 110 miles by road east of the capital Colombo. Railway authorities said an investigation was underway, and engineers were trying to put the Colombo-Batticaloa train back on the track after the ...

The president called the nationwide flooding the largest and most challenging natural disaster in the island’s history, as emergency rescue efforts continue.

Sri Lanka has been plunged into crisis as relentless rains unleashed widespread floods and landslides, killing at least 56 people and leaving dozens unaccounted for. With nearly 44,000 people affected,

Rescue efforts across the nation of 23 million have been hampered by disruptions in transport and telecommunications.

"Last batch of Indian passengers stranded in Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo have reached home. 104 stranded Indians reached Thiruvananthapuram, onboard Indian Air Force aircraft, around 6.30 a.m. today," the Indian High Commission in Colombo said in a post on X.