Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that disrupt ...

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A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation's 22 million residents were mostly left without power during the outage, which began around 11am local ...

A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a power station south of Colombo. Power is gradually being restored across the island nation of 22 million people ...

The recent reports that Sri Lanka has decided to revoke a 20-year power purchase agreement with India’s Adani Group has prompted considerable debate, highlighting the challenges that the nation ...

Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...

Australia brushed aside any concern over Galle's fickle weather by steamrolling through Sri Lanka's listless batting order across two innings on day four to complete a near-flawless performance in ...

Monkey causes nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka A man waits for customers at a dimmed footwear shop during a nationwide power outage in Galle on Feb 9, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Ishara S Kodikara) ...

And so it shapes up again. Australia are coming off their big Border-Gavaskar Trophy win, of course. Through their 3-1 win in that series, they also booked their World Test Championship final spot.

Australia's batters have enjoyed a day out in Galle, as Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith kicked off the Test series against Sri Lanka with centuries. Scorecard: Check out all the live scores and ...

Australia and Sri Lanka start their first Test in Galle from 3pm (AEDT) today. ABC Sport will live blog all the action and you can listen to the call via the listen app, on digital radio ...