Sri Lanka Faces Billions in Economic Losses After Cyclone Ditwah and Floods
Sri Lanka is confronting potentially severe economic damage from the recent cyclone and floods, with early industry estimates possibly understating ...
Month: December 2025
National Archives Urges Freezer Support to Save Flood-Damaged Records
The Department of National Archives has issued an urgent appeal for freezer facilities to store documents damaged in recent floods, ...
Supreme Court Justice Yasantha Kodagoda Appointed Acting Chief Justice
Supreme Court Justice Yasantha Kodagoda has been appointed as Acting Chief Justice by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The appointment takes ...
Auditor General Appointment Delayed as CC Fails to Approve President’s Nominee
The appointment of a new Auditor General has been further delayed after the candidate proposed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...
Cyclone Ditwah Devastates MSMEs Nationwide, Impact Worse Than 2004 Tsunami
Sri Lanka’s micro and small businesses (MSMEs), already battered by the dual impact of COVID-19 and the ongoing financial crisis, ...
Colombo Magistrate Orders Arrests Over Fake Stock Trading News Linked to Fraudulent Firm
Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama has directed the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) to arrest and produce before court those ...
Ninth Indian Aircraft Brings Major Disaster Relief Aid Under “Sagar Bandhu” Operation
The ninth Indian aircraft carrying disaster relief aid to Sri Lanka under India’s “Sagar Bandhu” operation arrived at the Katunayake ...
Government to Establish Rs 500 Billion Rebuilding Authority After Cyclone Ditwah Devastation
The government is set to establish a statutory body to manage a special fund, beginning with a Rs. 500 billion ...
One House Survives as Yahangala Landslide Buries Entire Village
During the recent disaster, when the Yahangala landslide occurred, the entire village was buried under soil, but one house miraculously ...
How 4 disasters overthrow 4 governments
The 1956 general election was a political deluge. That deluge swept away the UNP, which was then the largest political ...