Sri Lanka could face a serious electricity supply crisis if outstanding payments owed to renewable energy producers are not settled...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya told Parliament on Wednesday that the government was planning to reform the higher education sector...
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...
The water came quietly at first, a steady rise along the riverbanks, familiar to communities who have lived beside Sri Lanka’s great waterways for generations. But...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda on Wednesday announced that ADB will provide immediate grant support of up to $3 million to Sri Lanka; $2...
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka has appealed to all Sri Lankans to stand united and be committed to saving the country from the grave crisis...
Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) is pleased to announce that the Bank has received the approval from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to acquire...