Deep within the Vanni, Sri Lanka’s “green lung” is being systematically drowned in the name of progress. The Kivul Oya project, a vast irrigation scheme cutting across the island’s northern reaches, ...

When work started on Maduru Oya Right Bank construction Mahaweli officials and engineers found that the Tamil Separatist Movement was quietly settling estate Tamils on the land intended for the new ...

Landslides occurring in the central hills and other regions bear no connection to the Accelerated Mahaweli Project, according to Senior Professor Athula Senaratne, former Head of the Department of ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$3 million grant to help address severe water shortages affecting Sri Lanka’s Northwestern and Uva provinces. The grant will support the construction ...

The Government of Sri Lanka has held discussions with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to mobilise a loan of USD 200 million to continue the Mahaweli Water Security Investment Program (MWSIP) Stage 2, ...

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (11 December 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million loan to support the ongoing Mahaweli Development Program, Sri Lanka’s largest multiuse water ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to seek 200 million dollars in funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the second stage of the Mahaweli Water Security Investment ...

When the Accelerated Mahaweli project started, Gamini Dissanayake, Minister for Mahaweli had asked Ven. Ellawela Medhananda to do a history of the Mahaweli region. While engaged on this, Medhananda ...

UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake has accused the government of preparing to purchase 1,775 new double cabs at a cost of Rs. 42.8 billion, bypassing the standard international tender procedure. Speaking at a ...

Sri Lanka’s post-independence development drive, particularly the Mahaweli Development Project, reflected unexpected Israeli influences — from the vision of D.S. Senanayake to the resettlement ...

The Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment has made arrangements to use all-natural resources to develop the country and through this program it will re-generate 75 Megawatts of power ...