Sri Lanka is emerging from the recent economic crisis with a renewed focus on sustainable growth and resilience. Following a series of policy reforms and successful debt restructuring, the economy has ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s conflict-affected communities in the Northern and Eastern Provinces have reported increased disposable income, but land disputes remain a major challenge, according to a UN ...

Climate vulnerabilities—including floods, droughts, and harsh winters—further devastate livelihoods, forcing families from their lands. Every day matters for those seeking refuge and rebuilding ...

It was the monsoon season in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka, where Nathushika and her family lived. In late November, a cyclonic storm developed off the country’s northeastern coast and by ...

On 27 December, the railway community in Sri Lanka as well as national-minded islanders commemorate the day on which the inaugural Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) train ran between Colombo Fort and ...

ANKARA The death toll from massive floods in Sri Lanka jumped to 12 as another eight people lost their lives due to flooding and landslides, authorities said on Thursday. Among the deceased, eight ...

Sri Lankan rescue teams said on Thursday they had recovered four drowned children killed in a flash flood, with four other people missing, after torrential rains from a powerful but slow-moving storm ...

This is the heroic moment officers used a helicopter to rescue stranded residents during severe flooding in Sri Lanka. Footage shows a Bell 212 aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force lowering team ...

Sri Lanka: Several dead as storm causes floods, landslides 11/28/2024 A depression in the south-west part of the Bay of Bengal has caused heavy rains while cyclone conditions were developing off ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Three children returning from school are among at least five people who have died as heavy rains triggered floods and landslides in Sri Lanka, authorities ...

Severe floods that ravaged the districts of Colombo, Kalutara, and Gampaha on October 9 and later the districts of Galle, Kegalle, Kandy, Kurunegala and Ratnapura have caused devastation, displacing ...