The reason behind one of the worst power outages in the island nation’s history, authorities said, was a monkey. The outage began at around 10.45am local time and continued for several hours ...

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, ...

Energy minister Kumara Jayakody said a group of monkeys had entered the Panadura Power Station south of the capital Colombo. One of the monkeys landed on a transmission line, causing a power cut ...

Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody has reportedly blamed a monkey for causing the outage, saying the animal came into "contact with our grid transformer causing an imbalance in the system", according ...

Sri Lanka's Power and Energy Ministry on Monday said a group of monkeys entered the Panadura Power Station and interfered with the power grids during a scuffle which led to the islandwide power ...

Sri Lanka was plunged into darkness on Sunday after a nationwide power cut that the Government blamed on a monkey. Energy minister Kumara Jayakody said a group of monkeys had entered the Panadura ...

Sri Lanka was plunged into darkness on Sunday after a nationwide power cut that the Government blamed on a monkey. Energy minister Kumara Jayakody said a group of monkeys had entered the Panadura ...

The reason behind one of the worst power outages in the island nation’s history, authorities said, was a monkey. The outage began at around 10.45am local time and continued for several hours before it ...

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 ...