Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister has announced that a monkey, which came into contact with a transformer at a power station in southern Colombo, caused a...

A nationwide blackout in Sri Lan­ka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a power station south of Colombo. Power is gradually being...

Energy minister says monkey ‘came into contact with grid transformer’, causing hours-long outage in sweltering heat

A monkey has come into contact with an electrical grid transformer and caused a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka suffered a nationwide power outage after a monkey came in contact with an electrical grid transformer.

By Neil DeVotta Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections have ushered in a seismic shift, with Anura Kumara Dissanayake (often known by his initials...

By Ganeshan Wignaraja Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) government, led by the charismatic President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, entered...

A notorious gang leader has died after he was shot inside a courthouse in Sri Lanka by a gunman disguised as a lawyer, say police. Police say the...

Adani Group is officially withdrawing from a $442 million wind power project in Sri Lanka after the government attempted to renegotiate the agreement...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is demanding urgent intervention from Gauteng’s water entities and municipal leaders amid ongoing mass water shut-offs...