Month: December 2025
SLWJA condemns Watagala’s call to use emergency laws against online critics
The Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association (SLWJA) on Wednesday (03) condemned a senior government official’s call to use emergency regulations to impose strict...
Opposition says Govt mishandled Cyclone Ditwah, seeks joint recovery plan
A group of Opposition political parties have called for a unified national response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah, stating that failures...
Ex-Finance Minister rejects implication in bond scam
New Democratic Front (NDF) MP Ravi Karunanayake told Parliament Wednesday that he was not responsible for the controversial bond scams, asserting that the...
Existing budget can fund immediate relief – Harsha
Sri Lanka already has sufficient fiscal room to deliver urgent cyclone relief without presenting a new budget, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr....
Floods damage 273,000 acres of paddy fields affecting 153,000 farmers
The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board (AAIB) estimates that recent floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have damaged roughly 273,000 acres of paddy lands,...
Only 30% of Sri Lanka’s rail network usable
Only about 30% of Sri Lanka’s railway system remains operational after the recent cyclone that battered the island, leaving widespread destruction across transport,...
Cyclone Ditwah leaves Rs.190 billion blow to Sri Lanka’s highways
Sri Lanka’s government has estimated that recent weather-related disasters caused roughly Rs.190 billion in damage to the country’s highway network, officials said Thursday,...
KIA second stage project rampant with corruption
Astrology says any fault in a house’s main doorframe affects its main occupant adversely. Taken similarly, the key entry point to a country...
Meta starts kicking Australian children off Instagram and Facebook
Meta has started booting Australian children under 16 years off its Instagram, Facebook and Threads platforms, a week before an official teen social...
Sri Lanka cyclone tragedy exposes government failures
Days after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, over 1.46 million people across all 25 of the nation’s districts remain affected by the...
