Archive for December, 2025

Russia’s first aircraft carrying 35 tons of humanitarian aid arrives in Sri Lanka

Wednesday, December 10th, 2025

Courtesy Adaderana Russia has dispatched a consignment of 35 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka following the impact of Cyclone Ditwah.  The shipment arrived this afternoon (10) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake on a special cargo flight. The consignment includes a mobile power station, vegetable oil, sugar, rice, and tents. The […]

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අනුර අයියේ ….. ඇයි මෙහෙම ? ප්‍රේමකීර්තිගේ පුතාගෙන් චෝදනාවක්

Wednesday, December 10th, 2025

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Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Kotmale Dam – Gate Opening – HasMahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Bandula Kendaragama Page 1 of 31 ——— For further details, Contact Bandula Kendaragama on WhatsApp +61403204066Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Kotmale Dam – Gate Opening – Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Your Excellency, Could you please pass this information to His Excellency the […]

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Sri Lanka and the Global Climate Emergency: The Lessons of Cyclone Ditwah

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Dr. Asoka Bandarage  Courtesy: IPS NEWS Tropical Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall in Sri Lanka on 28 November 2025, is considered the country’s worst natural disaster since the deadly 2004 tsunami. It intensified the northeast monsoon, bringing torrential rainfall, massive flooding, and 215 severe landslides across seven districts. The cyclone left a trail of destruction, […]

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Maha Jana Handa at Nugegoda, Cyclone Ditwa disaster, and  contenders positioning for power in post-NPP Sri Lanka – I

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

By Rohana R. Wasala The Joint Opposition rally dubbed the ‘Maha Jana Handa’ (Vox Populi/ Voice of the People) held at the Ananda Samarakoon Open Air Theatre, Nugegoda on November 21, 2025 has suddenly acquired an increasing potential to be remembered as a significant turning point in post-civil conflict Sri Lankan politics, in the wake […]

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What Sri Lanka’s landslides & cyclones teach — A Buddhist view

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka is in shock. Never before in our history has all 25 districts been affected at once. We are in national mourning. The resilience of our people has been unwavering.  As a nation we have endured 17 South Indian invasions, 3 colonial illegal occupations. 2 armed insurgencies, 3 decades of LTTE […]

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Discussion on 2025 Climate-Related Natural Disaster (Cyclone Ditwah) and Mental Health Outcomes

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Facilitators Dr. Upali Peiris -Consultant PsychiatristDr. Ruwan M Jayatunge – Medical Doctor / Clinical PsychologistDr. Priya – General Practitioner Date: 11th of December 2025, ThursdayTime 8.30 pm Link; https://meet.jit.si/moderated/974a3405ecd97ef132153456f7d2e23e8a0a6311d1976d4227808f5f198ccfba

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සමනලී ෆොන්සේකගේ ***ට ගිණි ඇවිලුණිද…

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

උදය ප්‍රභාත් පතිරණගේ  උපුටාගැනීම-උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත නොම්ලේවත් කවුරුවත් යූස් කරන්නේ නැති ඒවා… ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිංහල බෞද්ධ රාජ්‍යක් නොව, එය සර්ව ආගමික රාජ්‍යක්. එහි ඉතිහාසයේ සිංහලයාට වඩා වැඩි ඉතිහාසයක් දමිළයන්ට ඇත, යන්න තේමා කරගෙන, මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුව ” ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ඩේ ” එකක් දෙසැම්බර් 12 සිදු කරන්න, කෝටි 300 ක් අය – වැයෙන් වෙන් කරනවා. නමුත් ස්වභාදහම එයට […]

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කොත්මලේ ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ ඉංජිනේරුවන් ඉවත් කර ජවිපෙට හිතවත් ආධුනික ඉංජිනේරුවන් පත් කරලා…

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පසුගිය දින කිහිපය තුළ මෙරටට බලපෑ දරුණු සුළි කුණාටු තත්ත්වය සහ ආපදා කළමනාකරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දැක්වූ හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නිමල් පියතිස්ස මහතා සඳහන් කළේ, වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව මෙවැනි දරුණු අනතුරු පිළිබඳ අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් නොතකා හරිමින් ආපදාව සිදුවීමට ඉඩ දුන් බවයි. මහජන නියෝජිතයෙකු ලෙස නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වසර 20කට අධික අත්දැකීම් ඇති තමන් […]

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Cyclone impact sparks fresh calls in Sri Lanka to recast IMF deal

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

By Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu The programme’s crushing austerity measures make recovery harder, contend activists Updated – December 09, 2025 at 07:16 PM As Sri Lanka reels from Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation, calls to revisit the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, which critics say imposes punishing austerity, are growing louder. At least 638 people […]

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UN allocates $4.5 Mn to support Sri Lanka’s cyclone response

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 9 (Daily Mirror) – The United Nations has allocated US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on November 28. The funding will enable the UN to rapidly scale up emergency assistance, including food […]

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Sri Lanka Cyclone: Tens of thousands of children in temporary shelters need mental health support – Save the Children

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Save the Children 9 Dec 2025 sri lanka At least 86,000 homes were damaged in the landslides and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah on 28 November. More than 630 people were killed, and nearly 70,000 are still living in temporary shelters, including schools. Save the Children, and partner organisation CCH (Centre for Children’s Happiness), have started […]

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UAE sends eighth aid plane to help Sri Lankan communities hit by floods

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Courtesy The National Latest humanitarian flight carries 1,080 food parcels December 09, 2025 The UAE has sent an eighth plane of crucial aid and supplies to support communities in Sri Lanka hit by fatal floods and landslides. The eighth aid plane from the Emirates arrived on Tuesday in the capital Colombo, laden with 1,080 food parcels as […]

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Will Sri Lanka ever learn?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Courtesy Daily Mirror It is now evident that the Meteorology Department had forecast intense rainfall well in advance The era of global warming, no country is immune from extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, or heatwaves. Yet nations with stronger disaster-preparedness systems consistently mitigate damage and reduce death tolls. The global lesson is clear: […]

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Landslide evacuation warning issued to several areas in four districts extended

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Courtesy Adaderana The ‘Level-3’ (Red) landslide evacuation warning issued to multiple areas in four districts has been extended. Accordingly, the National Building and Research Organisation (NBRO) landslide warning will be in effect till 04:00 p.m. tomorrow (10). Districts and Divisional Secretariat Divisions (DSDs) that have been issued the Level 3 (Red) landslide warnings, advising people […]

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Office trains from Rambukkana, Polgahawela and Kurunegala to resume tomorrow

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Railways has announced that starting tomorrow (10), several office trains on the main line will resume operations. Due to recent adverse weather conditions, a culvert near the Bujjomuwa railway station between Ambepussa and Alawwa was damaged due to the overflowing Ma Oya river. As a result, a cavity of about […]

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UNDP enumerates Ditwah’s dark achievement

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Courtesy Hiru News The United Nations Development Programme termed Cyclone Ditwah one of the worst flooding disasters in decades after new geospatial analysis revealed floodwaters submerged 20% of Sri Lanka’s landmass, more than 1.1 million hectares. The report confirms that 2.3 million people reside in the inundated zones, with women accounting for more than half […]

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” ආණ්ඩුවට සල්ලි දෙන්නට ඇය හදිස්සි වුණේ ඇයි ? ” 😎🥸😉පැලවත්තේ පිං කැටේ හොලවන්නේවත් නැද්ද ?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

SepalAmarasinghe

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අපේ රටේ ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ බුද්ධිමට්ටමේ තරම.. මෙහෙම කරන්නේ හිතලමද ?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

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Putin Has Last Laugh As Zelensky Silences Million Ukrainians; Russian Crackdown Ignites Firestorm

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Times Of India

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බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල මගින් ආපදාවෙන් විපතට පත්වූ ජනතාවට සහන සැලසීම සදහා රු. මිලියන 250 ක් ආධාර ලෙස ලබාදී ඇත. බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල කාගේද?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත ඔබ නොදත් BMICH අරමුදල..(දත්ත, තොරතුරු , ව්ශ්ලේශන අවශ්‍යබව කියන්නේ මේ නිසාවෙනි..අනුර පොරක් වී ඇත්තේ ඔවුන්ගේ බොරු වපුරන ජඩ මාධ්‍ය බලකාය නිසා මෙන්ම ඒ බොරු එලෙසින් ව්ශ්වාස කරන අනුගාමික් ලබ්දිකයන් සහ ඒවා බෙදාහරින Distributorsලා නිසාවෙනි. බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල කාගේද? ඔබ පුදුම කරන බන්ඩාරනායක අරමුදල මගින් ආපදාවෙන් විපතට පත්වූ ජනතාවට සහන සැලසීම සදහා රු. මිලියන 250 […]

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Atten His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Kothmale Dam – Gate Opening – Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not ? Is there something wrong in the system

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Bandula Kendaragama Dam Safety Consultant in Melbourne Could you please pass this information to His Excellency the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Attention: His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Kotmale Dam – Gate Opening – Has Mahaweli Authority made a mistake or not? Is there something wrong in the system Your Excellency, I was attached to the […]

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Sri Lanka’s Educational Reforms: Protect Our Children from ITGSE-CSE Syllabus (Ages 5–18)

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s Education Ministry is preparing to implement educational reforms that were not designed by local experts and do not reflect Sri Lanka’s cultural, religious, or societal context. Instead, the proposed syllabus follows a Western, globally standardised model built around lifestyles, ideologies, and norms that differ greatly from Sri Lankan values. As […]

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සාමනලීගේ සාපය (1) – 2017 අප්‍රේල්  හා  සාමනලීගේ සාපය  (2)- 2025 දෙසැම්බර්

Monday, December 8th, 2025

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B.,Ph.D. රුපියල් මිලියන 900 ක් පමණ වියදම් කර දෙසැම්බර් 12 දා පවත්වන්නට ගිය ශ්‍රි ලංකා දිනය සංවිධානය කරන්නට භාරදී සිටි සමනලී එය කොට උඩ යාමේ හිතේ අමාරුව, <සිද්ධාර්ථ> කුමාරයාගේ පිටින් යැවීමේ සිද්ධියක් වාර්තා විය. කලින් 2017 දී ජේතවනාරාමයට (මඩු පල්ලියට නොව) මීතොටමුල්ලේ කුණු කන්ද ගෙන ගොස්  දමන පින්තූරයක් සිය මුහුණු පොත් ගිනුමෙන් ප්‍රසිද්ධ […]

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Pathfinder EdTech Institute Opens New Colombo Campus to Strengthen Sri Lanka’s Digital Talent

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Press Release Pathfinder EdTech Institute officially opened its new Colombo campus located at No. 34, Sanchi Arachchi Gardens, Colombo 12, marking a significant step forward in its mission to support Sri Lanka’s digital upskilling and workforce development. The ceremonial opening was led by former Ambassador Mr. Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman of the Pathfinder Foundation, and Mr. […]

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Japan’s Master Plan for Victory

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Senaka Weeraratna Japan’s Master Plan, if carried out without first attacking Pearl Harbour, would have allowed Japan to dominate everything from East Asia to the Suez Canal plus liberate India and Ceylon from British occupation, says Japanese war history expert, Hiromichi Moteki. Hiromichi Moteki, Japanese war history expert, says that Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour […]

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Supreme Court slams Police brutality; urges government intervention

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec. 8 (Daily Mirror) – In a strongly worded judgement condemning police violence, the Supreme Court has ruled that the fundamental rights of a lorry driver were violated by two officers of the Thalatuoya Police Station in Kandy, reiterating that the time has come for the Government to urgently address […]

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Over 100,000 hectares of paddy fields damaged due to adverse weather

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Courtesy Adaderana Approximately 108,000 hectares of paddy, 6,600 hectares of maize, 6,143 hectares of up-country and low-country vegetables and 11,000 hectares of land used to cultivate other crops have been completely destroyed due to adverse weather conditions experienced in recent days. Addressing a media briefing held today (08), D. P. Wickramasinghe, the Secretary to the […]

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Politicians obstruct Grama Niladhari officers from independently carrying out relief operations – Union

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Courtesy Adaderana December 8, 2025   08:07 pm The Grama Niladhari Officers’ Alliance has threatened to resort to trade union action if Grama Niladhari officers are continuously obstructed from carrying out their duties independently during the relief distribution process for those affected by the disaster. President of the alliance Nandana Ranasinghe stated that pressure is being […]

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Bandaranaike Foundation donates Rs. 250 million towards ongoing recovery efforts

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Courtesy Adaderana December 8, 2025   09:44 pm The Bandaranaike Memorial National Foundation has extended a financial contribution of Rs. 250 million towards national recovery efforts following the recent disaster. The relevant cheque has been handed over to Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Prime Minister’s Office today (08). It was handed over to the […]

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