Simian saboteur or a grid screaming for modernization? Sri Lanka's electricity grid was brought down nationwide on Sunday ...

The nationwide power outage was traced back to a power station located south ... down by one explorative monkey. Jamila Husain, editor-in-chief of local newspaper the Daily Mirror, wrote: "Sri ...

A countrywide power outage in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that clambered into a power station south of Colombo.

Sri Lanka has been hit by a nationwide power cut, with buildings including hospitals having to rely on generators to supply ...

A monkey has been blamed for triggering a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka after the animal intruded into a power station ...

The reason behind one of the worst power outages in the island nation’s history, authorities said, was a monkey.