Dairy farmers in Eastern Sri Lanka are facing challenges as external crop cultivators acquire traditional grazing lands. For ...

COLOMBO, Sri ... by floods triggered by heavy rains, police said Wednesday. Sri Lanka has experienced heavy downpours and ...

Sri Lanka is grappling with the increasing threat of climate change, which has led to unpredictable weather patterns. The country faces a dangerous combination of flooding in some regions and water ...

As the devastation caused by the recent floods in central ... considered Sri Lanka’s rice bowl, Government Agent S. Kannangara said he estimated the total damage at two billion rupees. He said 80,000 ...

The Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, has instructed officials from the Ministries of Agriculture, ...

50% of Sri Lanka’s paddy cultivations ... of planting paddy you need what is known as flood irrigation. During the harvesting season the paddy fields should be completely dry.

Sri Lanka was known as a hydraulic civilization where villages and communities were built around water sources. ..

Weerakoon said that individuals exposed to water and mud, especially paddy farmers, miners, and those affected by floods, are at a higher risk of contracting the disease. In 2023, Sri Lanka ...

MOSCOW, August 8. /TASS/. Russia’s emergencies ministry has sent about 32 tonnes of humanitarian aid to flooding-hit Sri Lanka, the ministry’s press service told TASS on Tuesday. "At the ...