Meanwhile, statistics from the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) reveal that around 1,400 buses are involved in accidents ...

World Water Day is celebrated on March 22, every year. It is an initiative of the United Nations, started in 1993. ..

Three-year-old Nethmi Sehansa* from Dematagoda, a suburb of Colombo, succumbed to dengue in May 2023. Her parents and elder siblings remain devastated by her untimely demise. ..

A Foreign Correspondent investigation in Sri Lanka has found several certified ... Vimaladevi's roof is damaged and her home regularly floods. During the dry season, there's no drinking water.

The research found that 17% of the cities studied were at risk from "climate whiplash" where drought and flooding has become ...

London is among the cities which could face more frequent and long-lasting droughts in future, research has found.

Meanwhile, Colombo in Sri Lanka, and Faisalabad and Lahore in Pakistan are seeing the most dramatic flip from historically dry conditions to becoming severely flood-prone. Overall, the report said ...

The hope was expressed during a telephone call received from President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe. President Ranil Wickremesinghe offered sympathies on the widespread devastation caused by the ...

The IRIS Sisters began in October 2017, the brainchild of Dishani Jayaweera, director of Centre for Peace Building and Reconciliation (cpbr) in Sri Lanka and her team ... challenges” such as the ...

The so-called Dry Zone is the agricultural heartland of Sri Lanka where life revolves around a single ... or lamenting lost harvests destroyed by floods. Now, climate change is bringing cascading and ...