COLOMBO — In a landmark ruling, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ordered the owners and operators of the MV X-Press Pearl to pay $1 billion in compensation for the devastating environmental and economic ...

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has found the owner, operator, and local agent of the container ship X-Press Pearl liable for environmental and economic damage caused by the 2021 fire and sinking of ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s top court on Thursday ordered the owners of a Singapore-flagged container ship that sank near its capital to pay $1 billion in compensation to the island nation’s ...

A Singapore shipping company said on Sept. 23 it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that country's worst case of environmental pollution. In an exclusive ...

Three women sift plastic nurdles from the sand on Sarakkuwa beach in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: Nicholas Muller For the past four years, Asunta, Malkanti, and Chamari Randika have come each day to ...