Sri Lanka, Dec. 9 -- The United Nations has allocated US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka's response to Cyclone Ditwah, which made... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 9 -- Former Minister Thalatha Athukorala said today that she believes that the land cracked because of the lies uttered by the government. She told reporters that the government utter... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 9 -- Warning of impending cyclones is not the opposition's job, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP S.M. Marikkar said today. The MP was referring to a comment made by Deputy Minister Ma... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 9 -- Sri Lanka has welcomed 2,128,639 tourists so far this year, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) announced, marking a strong performance for the recovering tourism ... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 9 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sent his government's Maritime Affairs Minister Muhammad Junaid Anwar on a two day visit to Sri Lanka to express solidarity in the afte... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 8 -- Health authorities have issued a warning to people affected by the recent floods, saying there is a possibility of conjunctivitis-commonly known as pink eye or sore eyes-spreading... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 8 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that no room will be given in the future for unauthorised constructions and that laws relating to them will be strengthened. The Pr... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 8 -- Former Head of the Department of Geology of Peradeniya Univeresity Senior Prof. Athula Senaratne said a cartographying of endangered areas in 14 districts would commence within a ... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 8 -- Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today ordered that the case filed against former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra and 14 other suspects be recalled on March 16.... Read More
Sri Lanka, Dec. 8 -- The International Monetary Fund said its immediate focus is Sri Lanka's request for emergency financing, even as the United States deployed Air Force C-130J aircraft and an expert... Read More