As a small child, Shreen Abdul Saroor remembers getting up before dawn with her father to spy on the masses of migratory birds that would visit her island. The birds were on their way down the Central ...

A powerful rendition of theatre, movement, music and storytelling brought to life ‘Stories of the Sea: Voice of Mannar’ at ...

In recent years, the global energy industry has focused its exploration activity in the eastern hemisphere on the giant ...

Suddenly the remote fishing hamlet on the Mannar Island found their lives in chaos. The Wind Turbine Power plant project jointly implemented by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Adani Group ...

Villages in northern Sri Lanka have been protesting for weeks against the second phase of a 50 MW wind power project. The latter has “serious environmental consequences”, Fr Marcus Adigalar, parish ...

Malayalam film Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 is not a patch on the previous two films, writes Paresh C Palicha. Some films make you wonder why they were even made. Mannar Mathai Speaking 2, the third ...

A group of youth conducted a protest march in Mannar recently against the proposed ilmenite mineral sand mining by multinational company in the district. Mannar based sources said that the protest was ...

A wind farm consisting of 30 towers generating 100MW (Phase 1- Thambapavani) was established on the southern coast of Mannar Island in 2020, with financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank ...