For any natural disaster, including Ditwah, proactive planning, resilient infrastructure, and community readiness are critical to avoid any catastrophes. I think that the country never thought of such ...

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) suspended the party membership of Colombo Municipal CouncillorSohra Buhari with immediate effect after she voted in favour of the Colombo Municipal Council budget.

The MP issued a stark warning that this “administrative game” could jeopardise the country’s lifeline of foreign assistance. He noted that international financial agencies like the World Bank, IMF, ...

Displaced villagers from the Kotmale East region gathered at the Kotmale Divisional Secretariat today (29) to protest the non-payment of promised relief funds and the Rs. 25,000 allowance for house ...

Businesses aren’t permitted to compel customers to pay in foreign currency for domestic services, when prices are displayed in rupees ...

A fundamental rights petition will be filed in the Supreme Court by January 15 regarding the failure to issue timely public warnings for Cyclone “Ditwah”. The Independent Lawyers Association, ...

Colombo, Dec. 29 (Daily Mirror) – Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath has proposed that China support the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Sri Lanka as a donation, in ...

A pistol issued to Devananda had later been found in the possession of underworld gang leader and drug lord ‘Makandure Madush’ Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) Chief and Secretary-General, ...

The President’s visits to all affected districts strengthened on-the-ground coordination by bringing together district ...

Here then is the Bishop of Colombo: & reconstruction. Since most who have been there, may not approach the negotiating table, uncritically. first & most, were the least among us.’ – Bishop The ...

The Colombo Metropolitan Region continues to face severe road congestion, rising fuel import costs, and increasing carbon emissions, despite major investments in road and rail infrastructure. At the ...

From a technical standpoint, canal transport in Colombo is: The failure was institutional, not technical.