Sri Lanka Tea Estate

Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not stung during his upcoming visit to the neighbouring country. Police in Hatton, 125 kilometres east of Colombo, hired a private company to remove the wasps from its picturesque tea fields which PM Modi will tour wit...

Heavy rains disrupted a massive search on Thursday for scores of people feared buried in a landslide on a Sri Lankan tea estate, further dimming prospects of finding anyone alive.

A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers' houses at a tea estate in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least three people and causing fears that 150 others are missing, officials said.

Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not stung during his upcoming visit to the neighbouring country. Police in Hatton, 125 kilometres east of Colombo, hired a private company to remove the wasps from its picturesque tea fields which PM Modi will tour wit...

Heavy rains disrupted a massive search on Thursday for scores of people feared buried in a landslide on a Sri Lankan tea estate, further dimming prospects of finding anyone alive.

A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers' houses at a tea estate in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least three people and causing fears that 150 others are missing, officials said.