Sri Lanka’s stock market recorded its steepest weekly decline since 2022, as Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation compounded investor anxiety about the island’s already fragile economy. 

The ADB has approved a USD $100 million loan to support Sri Lanka’s power-sector reforms, but critics say the 2025 Electricity Act amendments conflict with the principles of the 2024 Act, which came under a package of IMF-backed reforms.

The loan is aimed at accelerating IMF-backed reforms mandated by the Electricity Act of 2024 and its subsequent amendment in 2025, which facilitate a restructuring of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). 

ADB Country Director for Sri Lanka Takafumi Kadono, said 

Sri Lankan intelligence officers in Valvettithurai have launched intensive inquiries into a blood donation camp that was organised to mark the birthday of the Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last week.

A Tamil man who risked his life to save fellow passengers when a Jaffna–Colombo bus was swept into floodwaters near Kala Oya has been found dead, four days after he went missing.

Tamil parliamentarians have sharply criticised the Sri Lankan state for what they describe as a deliberate effort to erase Tamil history from the Sri Lankan curriculum, warning that the practice continues to deprive students of a truthful understanding of the island’s past.

View(active tab)EditDeleteRevisions Trincomalee camp residents say promised Sri Lankan state support never cameDec 4, 2025 Open configuration options Families sheltering at the Muttur Pattithidal Maha Vidyalayam relief camp in Trincomalee have condemned the Sri Lankan government’s response to the worsening disaster, saying that no senior officials or military personnel had visited them despite repeated state assurances of coordinated relief.

Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) announced on Thursday that the death toll from Cyclone Ditwah has climbed to 479, as the island continues to grapple with damage of up to USD $7 billion.

People trapped in Sri Lanka’s central highlands, home to some of the island’s most vulnerable Malayaga Tamil families, say they were left without warnings, assistance or government support as Cyclone Ditwah unleashed catastrophic floods and landslides that have killed hundreds.

Two British women trapped by landslides in Sri Lanka’s central highlands say they are running out of food, water and fuel, with their families accusing the UK government of offering little meaningful assistance as the impact of Cyclone Ditwah continues to devastate the island.

Sri Lanka’s police have launched a wide-ranging investigation under emergency regulations after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) identified 57 social media posts that officials claim contain “misleading rumours”.