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 …
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry spent Rs 2,000 million last year to develop the fishing sector in the Northern province, Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said. "There is a massive development in the fisheries sector. The government has taken measures to develop all sectors," he said. The minister was …
Two dangerous diseases, named sugarcane white leaf (SCWL) and sugarcane grassy shoot (SCGS), were posing a threat to cane cultivation, according to the Sugar Cane Research Institute (SCRI). SCRI Chairman, S. K. C. Suduwella said that incidents of Grassy shoot disease had been found on some sugarcane cultivations in Sri …
Technology and Research Minister of Sri Lanka Pavithra Wanniarachchi says the government has allocated funds to the National Research Council to promote small and medium scale research. Wanniarachchi has said the government has allocated Rs. 500 million for the purpose in order to carry out research beneficial to economic development. …
Colombo is polluted with high pitched noise emanating mainly from horns of diverse motor vehicles. The City Traffic Division had deployed special squads to nab the motorists who toot musical horns in violation of the Motor Traffic Act, Assistant Superintendent of Police W. A. D. Dhananjaya told The Island yesterday. …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that people in Pakistan are likely to be particularly vulnerable to water shortages due to leakage, inefficient domestic water use, or underinvestment in providing access, especially in rural and slum areas. The Bank in its recent report titled 'Green Growth, Resources and Resilience: Environmental …
The Sri Lankan government has decided to provide a kerosene subsidy to the low income households that do not have electricity. The Economic Development Ministry says that a kerosene subsidy of Rs. 200 per month would be provided to each household with effect from February 15th as relief for the …
The Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS) which functions under the Ministry of Technology and Research conducts basic and advanced scientific research and makes new innovations which uplifts scientific and technological activities of Sri Lanka. Scientist J. P Padmasiri of the Institute of Fundamental Studies and Engineer W. M. Jayawardhana, a …
For the first time a private company, CIC Agri after many years of research, has produced a high yielding paddy seed (white) at their Pelwehera tissue culture laboratory. CIC Crops and Livestock Director/CEO Waruna Madawanaachchi told 'Daily News Business' that this has been named as CIC 301 and now available …
The European Union funded SWITCH-Asia Greening Sri Lanka Hotels project, implemented by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had been in operation since 2009 and has successfully engaged 170 hotels throughout Sri Lanka, helping them to enhance their environmental performance through improvement of energy, water and waste management. Subsequent to the …
The government would establish an authority named 'Expressway Development Authority' to deal with the activities related to expressways, Port and Highways Deputy Minister Nirmala Kothalawala said in Parliament yesterday. He also revealed that the construction of the Southern Expressway from Galle to Matara and the outer circular road of Colombo, …
Werapitiya Hydro Power Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of DSI Samson Group Pvt Ltd had invested Rs 450 million to setup a mini hydro power plant at Theldeniya in Kandy in a bid to supply electricity to the national grid from 2013. Werapitiya Hydro Power Pvt Ltd Managing Director Ranjith Somasiri …
In an effort to expand power supply to the Mannar and Vavuniya Districts in the Northern Province, the Power and Energy Ministry has decided to establish a 100 MW wind-powered electricity plant in Mannar. The construction of the plant was to commence by the end of this year, Ministry Media …
Jorhat, Feb. 7: Tea producing countries around the world have agreed to do away with the export of inferior quality teas by sticking to the quality norms defined by the ISO 3720 standard. Tea Research Association additional vice-chairman Prabhat Bezboruah said tea producing and exporting countries have agreed to abide …
Gamesa India launched G97-2 MW wind turbines in India. It launched the G97 in the global market last year and has secured contracts to supply 356 MW worldwide. Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah launched Gamesa's G97-2 MW turbine in India at the third International Wind Conference …
The overall environmental performance is improving in Sri Lanka and it has been ranked as a moderate performer, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week. The EPI was produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration …
Jorhat, Feb. 3: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will help the tea industry study the impact of climate change on tea bushes. The additional vice-chairman of Tea Research Association, Prabhat Bezboruah, said the recently formed working group on global climate change would take help from Nasa to study climate …
Sri Lankan health authorities have assured that the death of a large number of fowls earlier at a chicken farm in Bingiriya in the North Western Province is not due to bird flu and there is no cause for concern. Director General of the Department of Animal Products and Health …
The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers has given permission for the government to conduct negotiations with the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRB) of the World Bank to obtain US $213 million loan for the implementation of the Metro Colombo Urban Development Project. The President, as the Minister of …
Sri Lanka's overall environmental performance is improving and the country has been ranked as a modest performer according to a study on global environment released during this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week. Sri Lanka has been ranked at the 55th place, six places below the United …
New Delhi: It’s official — India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl. Newly released data shows that an Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making this the worst gender differential in child mortality …
