Year: 2025
Sri Lanka sets up Emergency Coordination Unit to channel flood relief and aid
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism has established an Emergency Coordination Unit to manage relief efforts for Sri Lankan nationals...
Opposition objects to late-night budget debate
Opposition lawmakers and parliamentary staff have raised strong objections to the continuation of the budget debate in Parliament until midnight on Monday and...
Flooding raises disease fears in Sri Lanka
The Public Health Inspectors’ Union (PHIU) has urged residents in flood-affected areas to take strict precautions when consuming drinking water, warning of heightened...
Looting reported as Indonesia and Sri Lanka battle deadly floods
Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri...
Sri Lanka cyclone death toll rises to 334; More than 1 million displaced
Sri Lanka’s death toll from Cyclone Ditwah climbed to 334 on Monday, with 370 people still missing and more than 1.1 million displaced,...
Catastrophe foretold and the state looked away
By Vox Civis Three months before his election as President last year, Anura Kumara Dissanayake made a striking promise at a public rally....
Widespread power outages affect 25% of CEB’s 7 million consumers
Nearly 200,000 electricity consumers across Sri Lanka are currently without power due to widespread disruptions caused by severe weather, the Ceylon Electricity Board...
Vegetable shortages loom as floods devastate farmlands
A shortage of vegetables is expected nationwide after widespread flooding and landslides destroyed plantations and submerged key agricultural regions, officials and industry sources...
Floods isolate Sri Lanka hospitals; staff and patients running low on food
Hospitals across several flood-hit districts are struggling to support stranded staff and patients as food supplies dwindle and access routes remain cut off,...
Sri Lanka declares emergency as toll from floods, mudslides hits 159
Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday and appealed for international assistance as the death toll from floods and mudslides triggered...
