PHU tells President: Start talks with IMF for amending debt-restructuring plan

11 Dec 2025

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Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) has put forward proposals in writing to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake for rebuilding the country.

Cyclone Ditwah

Search operations for the missing to continue

11 Dec 2025

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Search operations at landslide sites will continue unless family members or relatives of those missing request otherwise, or the government takes a policy decision to discontinue them, an official said yesterday.

Cyclone Ditwah another test case of Indo-Pacific cooperation

11 Dec 2025

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As Cyclone Ditwah batters Sri Lanka, international aid has surged from India, the United States, Pakistan, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, and other nations. The crisis underscores the island’s strategic role in the Indo-Pacific, where disaster response increasingly intersects with geopolitics and climate resilience efforts

Strict law enforcement for human settlements in disaster prone hill country

10 Dec 2025

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In the wake of cyclone Ditwah that triggered landslides, the government is planning strict implementation of the laws and regulations related to creation of human settlements in hazard-prone areas of the mountainous districts, an official said.

Pakistani PM sends Maritime Minister to Sri Lanka as gesture of solidarity

09 Dec 2025

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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 aftermath of cyclone Ditwah that inflicted heavy damages.

A storm to hit Sri Lanka

09 Dec 2025

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A storm that developed in the Bay of Bengal area is expected to hit Sri Lanka, bringing rainfall of 75 mm, particularly to the northern, eastern and north-central provinces, according to the Department of Meteorology.

Post disaster recovery:

Government in consultation with IMF

08 Dec 2025

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The government will carry out its post- disaster economic recovery plan in consultation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an official said yesterday.

RDA needs one and half years to reconstruct bridges

08 Dec 2025

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The Road Development Authority (RDA ) will need at least one and half years to reconstruct major bridges damaged in the recent disasters triggered by cyclone Ditwah, an official said yesterday.

Three hospitals extensively damaged

06 Dec 2025

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Three hospitals – Chilaw Base Hospital, Mahiyanganaya and Wattegama hospitals- have sustained extensive damage from the latest disasters induced by cyclone Ditwah and another 100 small hospitals have been submerged by the floodwaters, an official said.

Cyclone Ditwah inflicts economic loss three times the tsunami damage

05 Dec 2025

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The economic loss of Cyclone Ditwah is roughly estimated at around US $ 6 to 7 billion - more than three times the damage caused by the 2004 tsunami, an official said yesterday.

Cyclone Ditwah cause Rs.190 billion damage to highways

04 Dec 2025

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Sri Lanka’s highway network has sustained damages roughly estimated at a staggering Rs.190 billion following the recent weather-induced disasters such as floods, earth-slips and landslides, an official said.

Weather-induced devastation: unfathomable or warnings ignored

01 Dec 2025

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Despite forecasts of torrential downpours exceeding 150 mm by the Meteorology Department, the lack of a proper pre-assessment of the potential impact reduced opportunities for damage mitigation this time, the Daily Mirror learns.

Floods cost ailing SL economy dearly

01 Dec 2025

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In the wake of massive floods that have ravaged one-third of the country, Sri Lanka requires Rs. 31 billion as of November 28 for the restoration of agriculture, irrigation tanks, and damaged canals, according to a communication from the Foreign Ministry.

Residents near Mavil Aru Reservoir ordered to evacuate

30 Nov 2025

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Authorities have issued an urgent evacuation notice for residents living downstream of the Mavil Aru reservoir due to the risk of the dam wall breaching.

CBK asks government to declare emergency, seeks international support

28 Nov 2025

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Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, commenting on the disaster situation in the country, requested the government to declare an emergency and seek support from international agencies to respond to the crisis.

Central Province cut off due to damaged connecting highways

28 Nov 2025

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The Central Province remains completely cut off from the rest of the country due to extensive damages to key highways, an official said.

Colombo-bound flights to be diverted to Mattala, Cochin or Trivandrum

28 Nov 2025

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Colombo- bound flights will be diverted to the Mattala international airport, or Cochin and Trivandrum in India in case of difficulties in landing due to the inclement weather conditions, Minister Aruna Karunatilake said.

Altered LTTE flags used abroad to evade legal action

26 Nov 2025

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In a bid to circumvent legal restrictions abroad, pro- LTTE Tamil diaspora activists have reportedly been using versions of the organisation’s insignia that are only slightly altered, making them appear similar to the original while attempting to avoid scrutiny from foreign authorities, an informed source said.

Sri Lanka to feel the pinch of global fuel price hike

24 Nov 2025

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The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is in assessment of the current hike of global fuel prices, triggered by multiple factors including sanctions on Russia, an official said.

Order of Friendship by Putin signifies SL significance in Eurasia Saman Weerasinghe

18 Nov 2025

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Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Dr. Saman Weerasinghe has been awarded the Order of Friendship (Orden Druzhby) by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a ceremony held at the Kremlin in Moscow recently. Dr. Weerasinghe speaks to Daily Mirror about the achievement and its significance as far as Russia –Sri Lanka ties are concerned.