Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Nury Vittachi (20 March 2009) should really examine the position of electric vehicles in Sri Lanka. Here, electric bicycles are quite popular, especially in the dry zone, where petrol sheds are few and far between. Electric cars are less popular and electric commercial vehicles are almost non-existent. Sri Lanka is …
MONOCROTOPHOS, A common pesticide, is also popular among some Indian farmers for a grimmer purpose: acutely toxic for humans, yet dirt-cheap, it is the instrument most farmers have chosen to end their lives with. A dubious claim to fame for the pesticide industry, even as its effectiveness in pest eradication …
Japan has agreed to provide a 520 million Yen grant to Sri Lanka, for the purchase of agricultural machinery and equipment to be used by underprivileged farmers, Media Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said yesterday. Addressing the Cabinet press briefing in Colombo, he said that the Exchange of Notes for the …
Around 2,770 Tuberculosis (TB) deaths were reported in 1990 while in 2008 only 1,685 deaths were reported, a Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman said. Sri Lanka has targeted to eradicate TB by 2015 and the Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) treatment has already covered 78.5 percent of the country, the spokesman …
Matale Municipal Council yesterday issued the final notice under the regulations to prevent mosquito breeding to bring Dengue fever under control which is spreading in epidemic proportions. The Chief Public Health Inspector, Matale, R. M. Madduma Bandara said a team of PHIs were deployed to create public awareness in this …
Sri Lanka government is planning to introduce a new loan scheme to the farmers engaged in dairy industry throughout the country. Mervyn Gunasena, the chairman of the Agrarian Insurance Board said the main goal of this decision is to develop the liquid milk industry and to raise the liquid milk …
Mosquito-borne Dengue fever is spreading once again in Sri Lanka with a sharp increase in the number of patients, Sri Lanka health officials today said. Dr. Prabha Palihawadana, the Director of the Epidemic disease Unit of Health ministry said that 2,400 dengue cases have been reported within the last two …
The first and foremost challenge in South Asia is the vulnerability to water related disasters. This cause huge loss of life and property estimated loss range from 2-20% and revenue loss between 12-66% and it hinders sustainable development for poverty reduction by eroding hard earned gains of development. Bangladesh situated …
Five countries including Sri Lanka are to send their delegations to conduct a feasibility study on the disaster preparedness in Padang, West Sumatra. Two delegates from each of the five countries, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Maldives, will participate at this meeting, executive director of the Indonesian Tsunami Alert …
some relief: Sri Lanka will supply special energy food packages to civilians fleeing the war regions in northern Sri Lanka. More than 30,000 civilians are living in welfare centres and some in camps, said Sri Lanka
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday directed the Urban Development and Environment Ministries to draft a Parliamentary Act that could manage the garbage menace. Informed sources told The Island that Rajapaksa, presiding over a meeting at Temple Trees, attended by Urban Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Environment Minister Champika Ranawaka, UDA and local …
The reawakening project has taken initiative to rehabilitate Valukkaiaru scheme at Rs 268 million to provide clean drinking water to people in Jaffna. Valukkaiaru is situated in the center of Jaffna peninsula and it is a natural water purification plant. This lagoon spread over 14.5 km from Araly barrage to …
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday advised the Urban Development Ministry and the Environment Ministry to get together and prepare a Combined National Policy Act and present it to Parliament on how to dispose garbage in Colombo City and suburbs. During a meeting held at Temple Trees, the President instructed them to …
UNICEF has brought 60 MT of supplementary food (Unimix) to Jaffna, to be distributed to 4,500 moderately malnourished children (including those in the new IDP camps) in the Jaffna District over the next six months, the joint humanitarian update released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …
In a bid to place Sri Lanka as one of the most sought-after holiday destinations in South Asia, Sri Lanka Tourism has launched a new tourism development project consisting of 14 unspoilt islands known as Kalpitiya located 150 kilometres north of Colombo. The Kalpitiya Integrated Development Project (KITDP) will select …
Sri Lanka parliament today approved the Environment Conservation Levy on mobile phones by a majority of 46 votes. Total number of 57 MPs casted their votes in favor of the levy and only 11 parliamentarians were against it. Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has opposed the new levy on mobile …
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka told Parliament yesterday that the government would launch its programme for recycling the electronic wastes such as mobile phone batteries very soon. The Minister was speaking during the debate on the Environment Conservation Levy which was introduced earlier. He said that his …
The World Bank has said that the maternal mortality ratios in four countries, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan are still 2 to 4 times higher than the millennium development goals (MDG) set for 2015, however, Sri Lank has shown an improved performance. This was revealed in new report launched …
