he National New Year’s day and Good Friday Meethotamulla mayhem or massacre reminds us of callous disregard or irresponsibility regarding the people’s lives by political authorities and other decision ...

The Meethotamulla residents who filed a fundamental rights petition last year stating that there were individuals and companies who were interested in purchasing the garbage for re-cycling at their ...

Last Friday marked three months since the catastrophic collapse of the Meethotamulla garbage dump in Colombo. Angry victims are blaming the government for the loss of lives and for evicting them from ...

The Independent Workers’ Inquiry Committee (IWIC) on the Meethotamulla rubbish dump disaster released its findings at a public meeting in Colombo on April 1. The massive garbage site, located in ...

The Meethotamulla garbage dump, long an ecological problem and eyesore in Colombo, has caused more misery to nearby residents because of the floods. People returning to their homes found garbage-laden ...

People walk past damaged houses during a rescue mission after a garbage dump collapsed and buried dozens of houses in Colombo, Sri Lanka REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte A landslide at a garbage dump in Sri ...

One year after the Meethotamulla garbage dump tragedy, survivors are still haunted by memories of that fateful day. Many also allege that their plight has been largely forgotten by the officials. Over ...

The accumulation of waste has reached a height of 15 meters and is located near houses, schools, restaurants and shops. It is the only storage site for non-degradable waste in the capital. Fears of an ...

State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Public Sanitation Dr. Nalaka Godahewa told Parliament yesterday that the site of the Meethotamulla garbage dump would be ...

The death toll following the collapse of a section of the garbage dump in Meethotamulla has increased to 19 as more bodies have been recovered, military spokesman Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne said.