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An Indonesian police counterterrorism squad has arrested five suspected terrorists in Central Sulawesi Province, according a police spokesman.

At least five people died and about 70 others were reportedly missing following landslides at a gold mine in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province on February 24 afternoon.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest of Pangandaran district in Indonesia’s West Java province on October 25 morning.

The AHA Centre, an intergovernmental organisation established by ten ASEAN member states with the aim of facilitating cooperation and coordination of disaster management in the region, handed over 75 houses to tsunami victims in Palu city of Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on April 16.

Five terrorists were arrested by Indonesia’s Densus 88 counter-terrorism squad on October 2 for allegedly involving in the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT), a militant group linked to the self-claimed Islamic State (IS).

A leader of search and rescue agency of Indonesia’s central Sulawesi province said on June 5 that 19 people were reported missing after a cargo vessel sank in Banggai Laut waters, the east of the province on June 1.

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale struck Kulawi district in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on April 3.

The Indonesian Government is speeding up construction on temporary houses for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on November 20 that it has approved a 500-million-USD emergency assistance loan to support Indonesia's recovery and rehabilitation of Lombok and Central Sulawesi after recent disasters.

The Japanese and Indonesian governments have agreed to foster cooperation in disaster mitigation following humanitarian aid and disaster mitigation programmes in the wake of powerful earthquakes and tsunami in Central Sulawesi province.

Spokesman of the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency Sutopo Purwo Nurgroho said on October 28 that the reconstruction and rehabilitation programme following the disastrous quakes and tsunami will begin next month.

The Indonesian Government has announced a plan to build a new city to replace the old city of Palu in Central Sulawesi province, which was recently ravaged by earthquakes and tsunami that killed over 2,000 and forced tens of thousands of others to evacuate. ​

The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) was one of the first organisations that worked with the Indonesian Government to support local people and ease impacts of recent natural disasters.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 16 revealed that it had sent 600,000 USD to Indonesia after earthquakes and a tsunami devastated the country’s Central Sulawesi.

The World Bank (WB) has decided to provide loans worth up to 1 billion USD for Indonesia after the country was struck by a series of disasters, including a deadly earthquake-tsunami that killed thousands.

At least 22 people have died and many are missing in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in western Indonesia, the country’s national disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on October 13.

Leaders of the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank (WB) on October 12 visited Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province which was stricken by earthquakes and a tsunami last month.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged 1 billion USD in emergency assistance fund to support Indonesia's reconstruction efforts in areas affected by earthquakes and subsequent tsunami in Central Sulawesi province.

The death toll from the strong quakes and subsequent tsunami that hit Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province last month has risen to 2,045 as of October 10.

The Indonesian Government has decided to stop searching victims of the deadly earthquakes and tsunami in Central Sulawesi from October 11.