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Sri Lanka Met Department failed to translate into Tamil all information on Cyclone Ditwah
By Sanjana H Colombo, December 5 – A journalist asked me today if the Sri Lankan Meteorological Department, and Disaster Management Centre’s respective Facebook, and web output had improved from the shambolic state it was during the height of Cyclonic Storm Ditwah, severely, and asymmetrically...
As cyclone impact unfolds, Sri Lanka braces for daunting recovery
Cyclone Ditwah has caused at least 479 confirmed deaths, with over 350 people still missing, marking it as one of Sri Lanka’s worst disasters since the 2004 tsunami
Blouquets and brickbats for Lankan leaders on cyclone relief
By Sanjana H/Facebook Colombo, December 1 – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s address to the nation after Cyclone Ditwah, on the evening of 30 November 2025, was posted to his official accounts on YouTube, and Facebook generating 430, and 240 comments respectively (at the time of...
Accountability in Sri Lanka’s flood relief work
By P.M.Amza/DailyFT Colombo, December 4 – Sri Lanka is once again confronted with the harsh realities of nature’s fury. Cyclone Ditwah, intensified by days of relentless monsoon rains, has left the country grappling with a humanitarian emergency of vast proportions. Over 450 lives have been...
JVP General -Secretary Tilvin Silva’s encounters with different Tamil diaspora groups in London
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror. Colombo, December 2 – The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front,founded and led by Rohana Wijeweera is not the same party of which Anura Kumara Disanayake is the current leader .For one thing the party is no longer a ‘lone...
Sri Lanka’s friend in need India continues to provide disaster relief
Colombo, December 3 -India continues to expand its humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu, with extensive air, sea, and ground operations delivering urgent relief to communities affected by Cyclone Ditwah. The relief consignment brought to Trincomalee on 01.12.2025 by INS Sukanya of...
Cyclone Ditwah and India-Sri Lanka relations: playbook for diplomacy in the neighbourhood
By Milinda Moragoda/Hindustan Times Colombo, December 3 – Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka with devastating force. This prompted the government to request international assistance. India responded within hours I vividly remember boarding the then INS Vikrant — formerly HMS Hercules — with my father during...
Rs. 25000 for flood damaged houses in Sri Lanka
Colombo, December 2 (Daily Mirror)- The Ministry of Finance has approved an increase in the assistance granted for cleaning flood-affected houses and property from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 25,000. This decision is intended to accelerate the restoration of normal living conditions for communities impacted by...
Symbiotic relations between Indian and Lankan Muslims
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, December 2 – Across the narrow waters of the PalkStrait, Indian and Sri Lankan Muslims have shared a continuous story ofexchange — of trade, faith, learning, and language. Long before modern borders,the Indian Ocean served as a cultural highway....
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