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 …
Of all South Asian nations, Sri Lanka has the lowest number of underweight and stunted children, World Bank’s South Asia Region Human Development Unit’s senior nutrition specialist Nkosinathi Mbuya said. He said 22 percent of Sri Lankan children aged up to five, are underweight while the prevalence rates of underweight …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said the country will take at least 10 years to achieve the Nirmal Bharath status, when all the 2.4 lakh grama panchayats in the nation could be declared free of open defecation under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA). Addressing a review meeting of …
Power and Energy Minister Patali Chamipka Ranawaka yesterday said Sri Lanka is the most carbon efficient country in GDP terms as the amount of Carbon produced here is very much less in every respect. He made this observation making the keynote address as the Chief Guest at the Clean and …
Controversies related to Indian trawlers crossing into Sri Lankan waters of the Palk Bay have repeatedly been the subject of newspaper headlines in both India and Sri Lanka since 1990. The first aim of this paper is to provide grass-roots insights into the post-war status of the north Sri Lankan …
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health has warned that Dengue has now entered a pandemic stage as the resurgence of the mosquito-borne menace has killed 80 people and affected 14,500 others during the first six months of the year. A Health Ministry official has told local media that all government hospitals …
The Japanese government has extended a grant of Rs. 468 million (380 million Yen) to purchase tractors as a measure to boost the agriculture activities in eight provinces of Sri Lanka. The government of Japan has provided the funds under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Food Security Project or the …
Tata Power Co Ltd, India’s largest private power producer, is looking at bidding for projects in countries with easy regulatory norms, with South and West Asian nations being high on the priority list, a top official said. The company has already set up a crack team of “seed staff”, which …
Yesterday, HSBC Group Chairman, Douglas Flint, announced the launch of the HSBC Water Programme, a new $100 million, five-year partnership with WWF, WaterAid and Earthwatch to tackle water risks in river basins, bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people and raise awareness about the global water …
Sri Lanka's first ever sanitary landfill site being constructed in Maligawatte, Dompe has completed the first phase. It will be the first integrated solution to the solid waste management in Sri Lanka using advanced state of the art sanitary landfill technology. The government formally handed over the landfill site to …
Sri Lankan authorities are taking measures to establish a warning system to alert to a possible radiation leak from the nuclear plants in the Tamil Nadu state of neighboring India. Sri Lanka's Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) is setting up eight early warning detectors along the coastal areas to detect a …
The Sri Lankan government is to finalize the construction of the first phase of the Colombo-Kandy highway in two months. Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera says that the first phase of the highway would be from Kadawatha to Mirigama and the segment up to Mirigama has already been cleared. He …
The Sri Lankan government plans to establish a new state-owned company to provide bottled water to the areas of the country where safe drinking water is scarce or not available. The cabinet of ministers has granted approval to a proposal brought by the Minister of Water Supply and Drainage Dinesh …
The Petroleum Industries Ministry of Sri Lanka is looking at introducing a new fuel saving programme in the country. Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha has said that there is close to 10 percent wastage of fuel during the transportation, storage and pumping of fuel. These losses, he has said, had …
The fire in the Nilgala forest reserve in Pitikumbura, Bibile in the Moneragala District, which broke out on Monday afternoon, was brought under control within hours with the help of villagers and three teams of forest officer. The fire had scorched ten acres of mainly medicinal trees, Divisional Forest Officer …
The Sri Lankan government has managed to save Rs. 13 billion (around US$ 100 million) from the energy conservation programme launched by the Power and Energy Ministry this year. The Power and Energy Ministry says that Rs. 13 billion would have been needed to purchase supplementary power during the drought …
Sri Lanka has entered into a partnership agreement with a private enterprise to launch its first ever communication satellite. SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. has signed an investment agreement with the Sri Lanka Board of Investment (BOI) yesterday to the tune of US$ 20 million which will be increased to US$ 320 …
People in eight remote villages in Eheliyagoda electorate received electricity supply at a cost of Rs. 2.1million under the Vidulamu Lanka project. Funds were allocated on a request made by SLFP organizer for Eheliyagoda, Technology and Research Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi to Power and Energy Deputy Minister Premalal Jayasekara. Sabaragamuwa Provincial …
Around 25 Sri Lankans have been displaced following the earthquake that struck parts of Italy on May 20 around 4am, the Sri Lankan embassy in Italy said yesterday. The embassy said the displaced Sri Lankans have been provided with facilities. The embassy is in constant touch with the Sri Lankan …
The World Bank has agreed to provide US$ 314 million (approximately 37 billion rupees) for Sri Lanka to develop education and urban development sectors in order to meet new challenges of the 21st century, the Ministry of Financial and Planning said. The government has requested the World Bank for funds …
Sri Lanka has entered into a partnership agreement with a private enterprise to launch its first ever communication satellite. SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. has signed an investment agreement with the Sri Lanka Board of Investment (BOI) yesterday to the tune of US$ 20 million which will be increased to US$ 320 …
