Man-made disasters are the worst. They are totally unnecessary. Yet we can learn from them, and what just happened in Sri Lanka is an eye-opener and offers warnings about food production for the ...

Sri Lanka's 22 million people are facing the worst ... it's ordinary Sri Lankans who will have to bear the brunt of the worst man-made disaster the country is witnessing.

Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry said on Saturday ... its first since gaining independence from Britain in 1948. The crisis was man made and could have been averted if the early warnings had been ...

The unique new forest ... Key Ideas POLONNARUWA, Sri Lanka — For centuries, Sri Lanka’s ancient civilization diverted river water to large reservoirs and man-made canals for agriculture.