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The train from Kandy down to Ella goes slowly enough that people sit in the open doorway with their legs hanging out. Sri Lanka, September 2023, dry zone to the sea. The reel and the full wall: pastnorpresent.com/c/serendib-drums-stupas-and-salt-air/ #SriLanka #TravelPhotography

The death of Kavantissa, Sri Lanka’s tallest elephant, from gunshot wounds has sparked widespread public outrage. In response, authorities are launching daily raids to confiscate illegal firearms, while international animal rights groups urge elephant repatriations. Kamanthi Wickramasinghe reports.

www.maptap.gg October 30 Might have helped if I hadn’t mistaken Sri Lanka for Madagascar!!! I knew exactly where Madagascar was!! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 37🥶 78👏 88🎓 80✨ 86😁 Final score: 789

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Three-way hybridization between flameback woodpeckers on Sri Lanka avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/t... #ornithology

Looks like things are kicking off again. @katemac.bsky.social & I have written about the wave of NO FUTURE Gen Z protests from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh to Kenya to India....good to see European Gen Z protests kick off on the 4th anniversary of our first essay! thepolycrisis.org/an-introduct...

It took the protests in France for 'the West' to see how youth, usually described as apathetic, are desperate for change. It's global. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, France, Belgium, Serbia, Chile, Peru, Colombia: the youth have had enough.

I recently visited Sri Lanka for the first time to attend the World Congress on Snakes. The diversity of herpetofauna in the Island is stunning!

Ben Duckett made a career-best 167 as England posted a mammoth 386 against Sri Lanka in Lahore.

In "The Dream", a mother, a fighter, an elder and a child each describe the dreams that visit them at night, and then lead back to Palestine Presented by the Free Palestine Movement (Sri Lanka Global Sumud) with Filmlab Palestine 🪑 Seating is limited. Reserve your spot now: 🔗 tinyurl.com/49twvfp4

Colombo in color 🌈 Where old rooftops meet the future. #LotusTower #SriLanka

Sri Lanka rescues 40 Iranian sailors, spokesman says reut.rs/3WM65pG

NoVacancy Asia 2026 Returns to Bangkok with Bigger Hotel Technology Showcase bangkokhotel.news/novacancy-as... #BangkokHotelNews #BangkokHotels #HotelNews #Thailand #Bangkok #Asia #Singapore #Malaysia #Indonesia #HongKong #Vietnam #India #SriLanka #China #Cambodia #Manila #Australia #Auckland #UAE

Currently still in bed, wrapped in my blanket like a burrito while listening to the England v Sri Lanka ODI on BBC TMS. Sooooo cozy! Will need to get shifting soon; jobs to do and starting to feel a bit peckish.

going on tour with night vale in new england in december, then doing early holidays with family in massachusetts, then going to sri lanka to see more family. all in the same trip with one suitcase!

...in Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement...

'Von unten nach oben' #FotoVorschlag Sri Lanka

Just saw the England-Sri Lanka ODI score. If they pull that kind of 350 v 350ish nonsense in Australia, I'll be furious. #SAvAUS 🏏

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Corvids, I offer these noisy House Crows (Corvus splendens) that we saw in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ornithologists have found that his crow species uses tools in various ways & can recognize themselves in a mirror.

Sri Lanka is determined to accelerate its transition to renewable energy spurred by soaring oil prices, but faces major constraints, its energy minister told AFP. u.afp.com/Syoo

Sri Lanka’s parliament should withdraw a new "organized crime" bill that grants authorities sweeping arbitrary powers to deny suspects’ human rights. https://bit.ly/4jJ1RsE