This reflects the Buddha’s teaching of — unity, cooperation, and collective strength. Lesson: Sri Lanka must rediscover unity ...

Due to recent adverse weather conditions, a culvert near the Bujjomuwa railway station between Ambepussa and Alawwa was ...

Colombo, Dec 9 (Daily Mirror) – The United Nations has allocated US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, ...

The ‘Level-3’ (Red) landslide evacuation warning issued to multiple areas in four districts has been extended. Accordingly, the National Building and Research Organisation (NBRO) landslide warning ...

As Sri Lanka reels from Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation, calls to revisit the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, which critics say imposes punishing austerity, are growing louder.

The Cyclone Ditwah catastrophe was neither wholly new nor surprising. In 2015, the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) identified Sri Lanka as the South Asian country with the ...

Facilitators Dr. Upali Peiris -Consultant Psychiatrist Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge – Medical Doctor / Clinical Psychologist Dr. Priya – General Practitioner Date: 11th of December 2025, Thursday Time 8.30 ...

COLOMBO, 8 December 2025 – Tens of thousands of children are spending a second week in emergency shelters and in need of mental health support after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, bringing the ...

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The United Nations Development Programme termed Cyclone Ditwah one of the worst flooding disasters in decades after new geospatial analysis revealed floodwaters submerged 20% of Sri Lanka’s landmass, ...

Sri Lanka, too, has endured its own share of devastating natural disasters, with the 2004 tsunami standing as the worst in terms of loss of life. Floods remain the most frequent hazard, repeatedly ...

As soon as the decision was made to open the gates, the Mahaweli Authority and Disaster Management Centre should have notified the people in the potential inundation area Nowadays, almost all people ...