#Cyclone Ditwah
Bouquets outnumber brickbats in AKD’s performance
By Col R Hariharan The year 2025 will be remembered in Sri Lanka for Cyclone Ditwah, which struck the Sri Lanka coast towards the...
Moving forward from Ditwah: Understanding the scale, impact and road to recovery
By Hirun Matheesha Rajapaksha The most devastating natural disaster to hit Sri Lanka in decades, Cyclone Ditwah, has forced the country into its...
Debt suspension could derail Sri Lanka’s economic recovery – Harsha
A senior Sri Lankan opposition lawmaker warned that renewed calls to suspend external sovereign debt repayments in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah could...
Floods cause Rs. 7.6 billion in losses to fisheries sector
Cyclone Ditwah related flooding has caused more than Rs. 7.6 billion in losses to the country’s fisheries sector, with aquaculture bearing the brunt...
NPP Govt urged to seek international help to recover remains from landslides
Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons (OMP) has called on the government to seek international expertise to recover bodies buried in landslides and...
Ditwah, debt and fiscal blind spot: Will disaster politics push Sri Lanka back to the brink?
By Vox Civis Sri Lanka’s post-Cyclone Ditwah response is fast becoming a case study in how not to manage a national emergency in...
30,000 businesses affected by Cyclone Ditwah
Nearly 30,000 businesses across Sri Lanka, including registered export manufacturing factories, have been affected by Cyclone Ditwah, the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship...
Sri Lanka floods leave children vulnerable to trafficking and abuse
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Women and Child Affairs has raised concerns over potential child trafficking and exploitation in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah,...
