Reports

Most shelter for internally displaced, a school and several health facilities were destroyed or damaged when a storm hit Northern Sri Lanka on Saturday. The Danish Refugee Council is providing emergency aid to limit the consequences…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The end of three decades of violent conflict between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which ended in May 2009 lead to the displacement of a substantial proportion…

By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Mar 28, 2012 (IPS) - Most things in Sri Lanka are becoming expensive these days. In early February fuel prices were increased by margins ranging from eight to 49 percent, with the all-important…

Key messages Rice prices have been rising in the last months but stabilized in January while wheat flour prices, although remained stable, were very high, mainly due to import dependence. Although food security has improved, poor groups particularly…

Human Rights Council MORNING 22 March 2012 Adopts Texts on Composition of the Staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and on the Realisation in All Countries of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The Human…

The Government of Japan decided to provide food grant assistance to the value of 120 million Japanese Yen (approximately Rs.180 million) to the Government of Sri Lanka through the World Food Program in order to support…

The value of the rupee came down to 131 for a US dollar. This is the highest point reached relating to the value of a rupee ever. In all likelihood, it will go up further even…

COLOMBO, 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - Inefficient transportation and storage methods are resulting in as much as one-third of Sri Lanka's produce going to waste, experts say. Vegetables are still transported in plastic, burlap, locally produced coconut-husk…

By Rajat Madhok COLOMBO/JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, 12 March 2012 – Families of children who disappeared during Sri Lanka’s 27-year-long conflict wait for news of their lost ones outside a UNICEF-funded Family Tracing and Reunification Centre (FTR) in…

This report indicates the UN and NGO partner response to continuing humanitarian needs and early recovery concerns, in support to the Sri Lankan Government’s efforts to rebuild the former conflict-affected regions. Activities show progress towards the…