by Rina Chandran | @rinachandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation Tuesday, 3 March 2020 01:00 GMT Women whose land was seized by the army during a long-running war are protesting to have their ancestral...
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Calls, texts... and forecasts? Mobile phone towers can predict rain too
by Annie Banerji | @anniebanerji | Thomson Reuters Foundation Mobile phone towers transmit radio signals that are disturbed when it rains, providing data that enables weather agencies to improve the...
Ten years after war ended, Sri Lankan Tamils may never get back land
by Rina Chandran | @rinachandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation Friday, 17 May 2019 05:19 GMT Government authorities said about 80 percent of confiscated land had been handed back. The remainder,...
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Refugees in India's West Bengal get land titles amid citizenship row
India is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, which spells out refugee rights and state responsibilities to protect them By Rina Chandran BANGKOK, Jan 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -...
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Promised land and homes, Sri Lankan refugees to return from India
Nearly 4,000 of more than 62,000 refugees living in camps in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu have registered to return By Rina Chandran BANGKOK, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands...
Nine years after war's end, Sri Lankans wait for government to return property
"Despite repeated pledges by the authorities, the military has been frustratingly slow to restore land to the rightful owners" By Rina Chandran BANGKOK, Oct 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sri Lanka...
As rains lash Sri Lanka, warnings arrive on time
Weather and disaster offices have for years faced criticism for a lack of flood early warnings - but that is changing this year, experts say By Amantha Perera MARAWILA, Sri Lanka, June 6 (Thomson...
With pumps and canals, Sri Lanka’s capital moves to cut worsening flood risk
As extreme rainfall increases as a result of climate change, Colombo is moving to keep itself above the floodwater tide By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, March 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When heavy...
FEATURE - Will Sri Lanka turn to SMS storm warnings after "night from hell"?
Early alerts to media, police and the military should be expanded to directly reach mobile phone users, disaster experts say By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Dec 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the...
Climate change-fueled drought drives Sri Lanka’s farmers to cities
by Amantha Perera | @AmanthaP | Thomson Reuters Foundation COLOMBO, Nov 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Siri Hettige, a sociology professor at Colombo University, conducts surveys of young...
Drought-hit and hungry Sri Lankans struggle for a harvest – or work
By Amantha Perera PERIYAKULAM, Sri Lanka, Oct 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At 52 years old, with two grown children, Newton Gunathileka thought he should be working less by this point. Instead he...
As water vanishes in Sri Lanka, baths - and snakes - present new risks
By Amantha Perera KIRIYANKALE, Sri Lanka, Sept 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For four months, Achini Dinesha's life has revolved around water – or, more precisely, the lack of it. Bathing in...
Feature - As dengue cases soar, Sri Lanka battles a deadly foe: mosquitoes
After torrential rains and flooding in May, the country faces four times as many cases as average By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, July 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Eight years after the end of a...
Sri Lanka struggles to adapt as disasters become a new "normal"
by Amantha Perera COLOMBO, July 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - During Sri Lanka's May floods, rescue crews in Kiriella, a small town in Rathnapura District, spotted a remarkable sight. A...
Faster, clearer data on disasters might help shield women and children
Women and children can be disproportionately affected by disasters, but taking a closer look at disaster data could help reduce their vulnerabilities By Amantha Perera VALASSMULLA, Sri Lanka, June 22...
Sri Lanka battles to get relief to stranded flood-hit villages
by Shihar Aneez and Nita Bhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation Tuesday, 30 May 2017 17:53 GMT By Shihar Aneez and Nita Bhalla COLOMBO/NEW DELHI, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Heavy rains,...
Sri Lanka's flood survivors threatened by dengue, disease - aid workers
Outbreaks of diseases such as dengue fever and cholera, and illnesses like diarrhea and dysentery, are often a threat in the aftermath of floods due to water-logging By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI, May 29...
Sri Lanka's war survivors hope new law will unlock state land holdings
by Amantha Perera | @AmanthaP | Thomson Reuters Foundation Friday, 17 March 2017 14:00 GMT After decades struggling to find out if they own the land beneath their homes, some Sri Lankans at last have...
As drought slashes rice harvest, 900,000 face hunger in Sri Lanka
Rice harvest could be the worst in 40 years in the South Asian island nation, Save the Children warns By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, March 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The worst drought in five...
Sri Lankan war survivors urge U.N. to push for speedy justice for abuses
by Shihar Aneez | Thomson Reuters Foundation Friday, 10 February 2017 13:58 GMT Government has failed to prosecute alleged war crimes such as torture, unlawful killings and enforced disappearances By...