The visiting Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress of China, Wang Dongming called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (17).
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The Japanese government decided to extend an emergency grant of $2.5 million to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.
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The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to co-host the 2026 Asian Regional Debt Management Conference in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka’s manufacturing and services sectors remained in expansionary territory in November, though growth moderated from October, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s Purchasing Managers’ Index.
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The Cabinet of Ministers has approved Rs. 150 million to implement the e-Court Project as part of Sri Lanka’s judicial digitalisation drive.
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The Government’s push to reform Sri Lanka’s disaster management framework following Cyclone Ditwah has sparked concerns that procedural changes could slow urgent reconstruction and relief efforts. At the latest National Council for Disaster Management meeting chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, proposals were approved to establish a National Integrated Disaster Management Mechanism, amend the Disaster Management Act, and introduce new …
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The government plans to convene an international donor conference to mobilise assistance for post-cyclone reconstruction,
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India has completed a major humanitarian mission to Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah, deploying the largest foreign field hospital ever sent to the island under Operation Sagar Bandhu.
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Sri Lanka’s worker remittances surged to a record US$7.2 billion in the first 11 months of 2025, surpassing the previous annual high set in 2017,
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Sri Lanka has received only 0.17% of the estimated USD 6.5 billion required to rebuild damage caused by Cyclone Dithwa, highlighting serious shortcomings in international engagement by the current government.
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