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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The UAE has sent an eighth plane of crucial aid and supplies to support communities in Sri Lanka hit by fatal floods and landslides. The eighth aid plane from the Emirates arrived on Tuesday in the ...

The ITGSE promotes a global model of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) aimed at governments, ministries, schools, ...