The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf unveils its first boba drink

For the first time since the bubble tea craze hit the U.S., The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has released a boba drink as part of a new tea co...

Ailing elephant in Sri Lanka returned to Thailand aboard $530,000 flight

An elephant gifted to Sri Lanka by Thailand more than 20 years ago was safely returned to Thailand for medical treatment and rehabilitation ...

These 14 Asian countries are among the 25 countries with the world’s shortest people

Fourteen Asian nations are among a recent ranking of the 25 shortest countries in the world.    Insider’s ranking is based on a 2020 m...

Sri Lanka’s president says government will not oppose bill to decriminalize homosexuality

Newly elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced Sunday his government would not oppose the motion submitted by Member of ...

Deposed Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa denied US visa, flees to the Maldives via jet

Deposed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reportedly fled to the Maldives with his family on a military jet, days after being den...

Sri Lanka president captured on video fleeing as protestors storm Colombo residence

President Rajapaksa is seen running and rolling his luggage onto a large navy ship in a recent video. The now-resigned president's es...

Sri Lanka bans social media as citizens protest against worst economic crisis in country’s history

An economic crisis years in the making has caused prices of daily necessities in Sri Lanka to skyrocket. At least two people have died whi...

Sri Lankan grandma makes history as oldest master’s degree earner at Canada’s York University

A Sri Lankan grandma has just earned her master’s degree from a Canadian university at the age of 87. Just a number: Varatha Shanmugan...

Sri Lankan Students Protest After Memorial for 100K Tamil People Killed in Civil War is Destroyed

At the University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, a war memorial dedicated to the Tamil people was destroyed over the weekend, resulting in student ...

Sri Lanka Police Anally Torture, Whip Gay Men Suspected of Having Sex, Human Rights Watch Says

Police in Sri Lanka are employing inhuman ways to confirm whether a man has engaged in gay sex, according to a new report from Human Rights ...

Drug Smuggling Cat Successfully Breaks Out of Prison in Sri Lanka

A cat trained to smuggle drugs made a daring escape from its detention at a high-security prison in Sri Lanka. The cat was captured after be...

Sri Lankan Caroline Jurie Crowned Mrs. World 2020

Sri Lankan model Caroline Jurie took home the title of Mrs. World 2020 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort over the weekend. Jurie, 27, bested ...

70-Year-Old Elephant Starved and Forced to Work Non-Stop in Sri Lanka

An activist in Thailand is calling for change for an ailing 70-year-old elephant which is allegedly forced to work consecutive nights at a f...

Instagram Couple Draws Backlash After Dangling Out of a Moving Train in Sri Lanka

Netizens slammed a couple from Brussels who dangled out of a moving train in Sri Lanka to capture what they described as one of their “wilde...

Celebrity Chef, Daughter Among 290 Killed in Sri Lanka Bombings

A local celebrity chef and her daughter were among those killed in the multiple bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Shantha Mayadunne, a...

Endangered Asian Elephant Found With a Nail Hammered in Its Leg in Sri Lanka

A heart-wrenching video of an injured elephant in in agonizing pain in Sri Lanka recently emerged on social media. The male elephant reporte...