Tag: Sri Lanka

Colombo (AFP) – Cyclone Ditwah, which struck Sri Lanka last month, caused an estimated $4.1 billion in direct physical damageContinue Reading

COLOMBO, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s fragile economic recovery will be delayed as Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation of homes, roadsContinue Reading

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that Rs. 10.5 billion has already been released for disaster response, and a Rs. 50Continue Reading

KOTHMALE, Sri Lanka, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Residents of Kithulbadde village in central Sri Lanka say they have been leftContinue Reading

Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lankan authorities said Wednesday they would need some $7 billion to rebuild homes, industries and roads destroyedContinue Reading

ALAWATHUGODA, Sri Lanka, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Nawaz Nashra recalls grabbing her three-year-old daughter, wrapping her in a bedsheet andContinue Reading

The Sri Lanka Cabinet has approved the creation of the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund to support national recovery after theContinue Reading

(AFP)-Sri Lankan troops were racing to rescue hundreds of people marooned by rising floodwaters on Friday as weather-related deaths roseContinue Reading