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 …
: Sri Lanka's National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) says that 51% of the water supplied to the consumer is wasted. The NWSDB says it supplies1.37 billion liters of water per day and the supply can be extended 20% more to 136,000 households that are without potable water if …
Sri Lanka would move to a new era on Thursday when the country’s first Communication satellite would be orbited from China. In a few hours, it would be positioned over Sri Lanka. The Supreme Group Sri Lanka along with China Great Wall Industry Corporation has funded and developed this satellite …
The Government of Pakistan through High Commission of Pakistan has funded the construction of two clean drinking water projects for the resettled vulnerable communities in Mullaitivu district in the Northern part of Sri Lanka. These projects were implemented in the Neerayipitty East and Kumarapuram villages in the Martainpattu DS division …
The government had decided to construct 200 mini hydropower projects, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday. The country had already tapped almost all the mass scale hydropower generation potential and was now focused on small scale hydropower generators and the other regenerative methods for power generation, he …
Sri Lanka Ministry of Health says it is taking several measures to eradicate the dengue menace in the country. The Minsitry says a feasibility study is under way to spray the larvicide Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTI) bacteria by air to prevent the spread of the dengue mosquito. The Ministry plans …
The Forest Conservation Department (FCD) gazetted 256,689 hectares covering 55 forests, as either 'conservation forests' or 'reserve forests' within this year, Acting Conservator General K P Ariyadasa said. Addressing a press conference at the Environment Ministry Auditorium yesterday, he said most of these forest areas are in the Northern and …
The ten outstanding young persons(TOYP) is one of the most prestigious international awards event held in Sri Lanka for the past thirty three years.International luminaries who have won this award in the past include former US presidents, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton. CEO/Director of Think Green (Pvt) Ltd (ww.thinkgreen.lk), Sivahar …
Conservator General of operations of Sri Lanka's Department of Forest Conservation K.P. Ariyadasa says that 55 forest reserves of the island were surveyed totally and gazetted this year. The surveyed areas of the forest reserves cover 256,689 hectares, the official said. The government expects to protect the forest coverage of …
There are nearly 500,000 cataract patients in Sri Lanka and between 100,000 and 150,000 patients have cataract in both eyes, Health Ministry Additional Secretary Dr Palitha Maheepala said. Around 150,000 of cataract patients are senior citizens and end up blind eventually. Fifty percent among them have been reported from under …
Sri Lanka has planned to establish hydropower project in the southern dry zone of the country to supplement the national power grid. The 6.5 megawatt hydropower plant will be set up in Keselwatta of the Katuwana divisional secretariat area in Hambantota district, Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has said. The …
Six people were reported killed and 137,976 people belonging to 13,704 families were affected due to the heavy rains which lashed the country during the last three days, Disaster Management Centre Deputy Director of Media Sarath Lal Kumara said. He said 14, 596 people belonging to 3,686 families were still …
Over 68,000 people in Sri Lanka have been affected by the adverse weather conditions brought about by the "Neelam" cyclone that has moved to India from the Bay of Bengal, the Disaster Management Center said today. The Meteorology Department predicted heavy rains and strong winds in the Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa …
Sri Lanka’s Country Vision is to become a global hub between the East and the West and to transition to an upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka’s Urban Vision is to develop a system of competitive, environmentally sustainable, well-linked cities clustered in five metro regions and to provide every …
In the health sector, environmental issues creating adverse impacts vary widely in nature. Of them Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) is considered to be one of the significant issues, although some other important issues like food safety, occupational health and safety, management of industrial carcinogens, indoor air pollution etc also …
The Agrarian Services and Wildlife Ministry will provide assistance to farmers whose crops were destroyed due to the drought and help them re-cultivate using the present rainy condition. Agrarian Services Commissioner-General Sunil Weerasinghe told the Daily News that many cultivated lands were damaged due to the severe drought in the …
Sri Lanka Ministry of Agrarian Services and Wildlife has taken steps to assist the farmers to re-cultivate the crops damaged due to the severe drought that affected the major agricultural districts of the country during the past few months. North eastern monsoon has activated in Sri Lanka presently and the …
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) developed an environmental data bank including environmental and industrial information with their geographical distribution and location for the first time in Sri Lanka. An advanced technological tool known as Geographic Information System (GIS) has been used in processing the data enabling to obtain descriptive and …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said today it is providing $300 million in loans to overhaul the quality, coverage, and management of water and wastewater services in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. According to a press release issued by the ADB today, the multi-tranche financing facility approved by the ADB …
Sri Lanka and India were discussing a bi-lateral agreement on how to ensure safety in case of a nuclear accident, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka told Parliament yesterday. The Minister said that under the three international conventions on nuclear safety, signed by both India and Sri Lanka, there …
Both nations were planning to strike a deal last year, to ship sand to Maldives, which risks being inundated if the sea level rises by even one metre A plan that hailed Bangladesh as the “Good Samaritan” of Asia, rescuing more than 328,000 Maldivians from being climate refugees seems to …
