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At least 14 people have been killed and 2,45,000 have been affected due to heavy rains in Sri Lanka, according to authorities.

Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on June 2, 2021 1:21 pm A cargo ship carrying chemicals and plastic pellets has been burning off the coast of Sri Lanka for nearly two weeks. Now, efforts to tow the ship to deeper waters have failed – and the boat sinking looks increasingly likely. The ship, the X-Press Pearl, was carrying 1,486 containers. Eighty-one of those were dangerous goods containers, including 25 tons of nitric acid. At least one container has leaked nitric acid. Infrared footage over the weekend showed that the fire has mostly died out. X-Press ...

Sri Lanka Faces An Environmental Disaster As A Ship Full Of Chemicals Starts Sinking Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship X-Press Pearl on Wednesday. The ship carries 81 dangerous goods containers, including 25 tons of nitric acid, some of which has already leaked. Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP via Getty Images A cargo ship carrying chemicals and plastic pellets has been burning off the coast of Sri Lanka for nearly two weeks. Now, efforts to tow the ship to deeper waters have failed – and the boat sinking looks increasingly likely. The...

Beaches are coated with plastic pellets, and a container full of nitric acid has leaked. Sri Lankan authorities are now making preparations for an oil spill.

CEAT, Sri Lanka’s Most Valuable Brand in ‘Motor’ segment Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) CEAT, the tyre brand manufactured in Sri Lanka by CEAT Kelani Holdings, has been ranked the most valuable consumer brand in the country’s ‘Motor’ segment in the 2021 Brand Finance rankings, and has moved up five places in the overall list. The world’s leading brand valuation consultancy assigned CEAT a Brand Value of Rs 2,024 million for 2021, up a remarkable 46 per cent over 2020, and an overall Brand Value Rank of 48 among the 100 most valuable brands in the country which in...