Media organisations have denounced Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Sunil Watagala after he urged law enforcement authorities to use emergency regulations to take...
Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, has called on Sri Lankans to observe this Christmas with compassion and restraint, as the nation continues to recover from...
Sri Lanka’s disaster situation has reached critical levels, with more than 1.8 million people affected due to prolonged adverse weather conditions between November 16 and December...
The Ministry of Finance convened a high-level donor forum bringing together diplomatic missions, bilateral and multilateral development partners and international lending agencies to assess the aftermath...
The Ditwah cyclone that swept across the country has caused widespread devastation, destroying over 137,000 acres of crops and severely damaging the nation’s transport and communication...
One of the five naval personnel who went missing during a sandbar-clearing operation in the Mullaitivu Chalei lagoon had been found dead, the Navy announced yesterday....
Insights from global adaptation strategies Sri Lanka has been heavily affected by floods, and extreme flooding is rapidly becoming one of the most disruptive climate hazards...
Weather forecasts are useful. People attentively listen to them but complain that they go wrong or are not taken seriously. Forecasts today are more probabilistically reliable...
One Galle Face, the premier retail destination in Sri Lanka, officially unveiled Colombo’s most iconic Christmas experience with its annual Tree Lighting Ceremony held recently. This...
A 27-member Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) medical contingent touched down in Colombo at midnight on Wednesday, boosting the team’s strength to 31. Four specialists had arrived...