All 77 tsunami early warning towers across Sri Lanka have been inactive for the past three years, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Director General Major General Sampath Kotuwegoda revealed yesterday.

A tsunami drill is scheduled to take place today (5), covering four coastal districts of the island. The drill is being held ...

Every year, World Tsunami Awareness Day reminds us that early warning and education can save lives. Tsunamis, triggered ...

The Tides Will Decide', directed by Azim Rizal, has been nominated for Best Documentary in the Festival Filem Malaysia 34.

At Indo-Sri Lanka Policy Dialogue, incoming CJI flagged problems of ecological fragility and degradation & lack of integrated ...

Thousands gathered in mourning on Thursday, Dec. 26, to mark two decades since the world’s largest tsunami. On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural disasters of the modern era, a 9.1 magnitude ...

Relatives of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hold a candlelight vigil as they recognize the 20th anniversary of the natural disaster, at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa ...

Sri Lanka paused for two minutes of silence on Thursday, marking the 20th anniversary of the 2004 South Asian Tsunami, a catastrophic event that claimed more than 30,000 lives. The island nation holds ...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 26 (ANI): On the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Marc-Andre Franche honoured the over 2,25,000 lives lost, ...

The train disaster became a symbol of the 2004 tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka - Copyright AFP Ishara S. KODIKARA The train disaster became a symbol of the 2004 tsunami ...

Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago. Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen ...