An elephant christened by activists as one of the world's "saddest" has died at a Philippine zoo, where she lived almost all her life alone in a pen.

Safari tourism in the Yala National Park will be over within the next 10 years, warned former wildlife chief Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya.

As downpours continue to batter southwestern areas in the country due to the active monsoon conditions, the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued a ‘Red’ (Level 3) landslide alert for several areas in four districts – Galle, Matara, Kalutara and Ratnapura.