Reports

KEY HIGHLIGHTS • Overall Headline Inflation (NCPI) has increased from 4.2% to 6.5% in January 2024 (YoY). • Food inflation, for the NCPI was at 4.1 and CCPI, at 3.3% in January 2024. • Month-on-month increase of the NCPI…

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In a ceremony held on the 27th of February, Acting Ambassador KATSUKI Kotaro handed over 40,000 metric tons of diesel, essential for powering generators in hospital facilities and for the transportation of patients, medication, and medical…

At a time when international aid and medicinal supplies are imperative for Sri Lanka, upon an urgent request for assistance from Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C. Mahinda Samarasinghe and the Mission, the…

In Numbers 0 mt of food distributed US$300,000 in cash and vouchers distributed US$1.59 million six-month (February-July 2024) net funding requirements 962 people assisted in January 2024 Situation Updates According to the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI), headline inflation (year-on-year) increased to…

Shanthi, once a child soldier, rises above daunting obstacles, to reunite with her daughters and carve out a better life for their family Latha is returning from school with her sister Neetha, trudging through the muddy road…

OVERVIEW AND METHODOLOGY In early January 2024, extensive rainfall across Sri Lanka led to widespread flooding in various regions of the island, causing a substantial impact on infrastructure and livelihoods. The district of Ampara bore the heaviest…

On 14 February 2024, H.E. Mr. MIZUKOSHI Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka and Mr. K. M. M. Siriwardana, Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies, signed an Exchange of Note for providing…

UN Women and Chrysalis with funding from the Government of Japan provided productive assets worth LKR 110 million (approx. USD 343K) to 600 women-led micro-enterprises to help expand their businesses. This initiative was undertaken as part of…

What happened, where and when? DENGUE OUTBREAK: Dengue cases in the country consistently increased since the start of 2023. The number of reported cases was three times greater than that of the corresponding period in the preceding two…