Rapports

On 8 August, Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, H. E. Mr. MIZUKOSHI Hideaki handed over essential pharmaceuticals for women and youth which is worth approximately 26 million LKR to Hon. Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella at the…

Ranil Wickremesinghe Needs to End Crackdown, Address Economic Crisis (New York) – Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch…

A new plant quarantine facility will help increase the export competitiveness of Sri Lankan agricultural products. In Sri Lanka, agricultural exports make up a significant portion of the country’s total exports and play an important role in…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – When Ruchika found out she was pregnant with her second child, in October of 2021, she could not have imagined that she would find herself, hours before delivering her baby, in a…

Appeal for USD 10.7 million to meet urgent needs of women and girls in Sri Lanka Bangkok / Colombo / New York, 8 August 2022 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has launched…

A total of 46 Sri Lankans those repatriated from Australia were brought to Sri Lanka onboard an Australian Border Force (ABF) vessel for the first time and disembarked at the Port of Colombo (Aug 05). These illegal…

This report is produced by the OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) on behalf of the ISCG. The updates below cover activities carried out between 16 and 29 July 2022 and provide an…

In Numbers 6.3 million people are food-insecure. This is likely to deteriorate as the crisis unfolds. 6.7 million people are not consuming acceptable diets. 3.4 million people are prioritized to receive assistance from WFP. Highlights WFP’s cash-based transfers are due to…

COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a critical contribution of NOK 5 million (approximately Rs 189 million, or US $500,000) from the Government of Norway to support Sri Lankans struggling to…

Floods caused by heavy rainfall were reported on 1 August across the Central Province of Sri Lanka, resulting in casualties. As of 3 August, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) reports 12,289 affected persons, of which 2,374 have…