In the wake of a rising trend of youth involvement in illegal night street races, tge Sri Lanka Police have launched an intensified crackdown, cautioning that illegal and reckless racing resulting in ...

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 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A passenger bus veered off a road and plunged into a precipice in a mountainous region in Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and injuring 16 others, a police spokesman said Friday.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buddhist monks stand at the site of a cable car accident in Sri Lanka on Thursday, September 25. - AFP/Getty Images At least seven ...

COLOMBO — An overcrowded bus carrying dozens of Buddhist pilgrims crashed into a precipice in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 15 and injuring at least 30, local police said. Among the worst road ...

Colombo — A Sri Lankan express train killed an elephant and was derailed on Tuesday despite safety measures introduced after the country's worst wildlife railway accident three months ago on the same ...

At least seven Buddhist monks, including three foreign nationals, died in a cable car accident at a Sri Lankan monastery on Wednesday, local police told CNN. The monks were among 13 people traveling ...