Four years after a stricken cargo ship caused the largest plastic spill ever recorded, volunteers on Sri Lanka's beaches are still sifting kilograms of tiny, toxic plastic pellets from the sand.

Authorities in Sri Lanka were trying to head off a potential environmental disaster Thursday as a fire-damaged container ship that had been carrying chemicals was sinking off of the country's main ...

Fishermen in Sri Lanka have welcomed the country’s top court ordering US$1 billion in compensation for marine pollution caused by a Singapore-flagged cargo ship that caught fire and sank off the ...