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...
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (03) issued a sweeping call for the government to withdraw Budget 2026 and present a fresh, disaster-focused spending plan,...
Operation Sagar Bandhu in full swing: India has stepped up assistance to Sri Lanka with the deployment of INS Sukanya to bring in urgently needed relief...
Following a special request from President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has promised to deploy...
In the wake of the recent severe weather, the Navy has worked out a comprehensive, island-wide programme for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), delivering essential...
Cyclone Ditwah has left children across Sri Lanka facing an escalating humanitarian crisis. After making landfall on the East Coast early on 28 November, the storm...
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that by 10 a.m. yesterday (02) bodies of 410 victims had been found. The DMC placed the number of persons missing...