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 …
South Asia has seen an accelerated job growth and a substantial decrease in poverty over the past three decades, second only to East Asia, says a World Bank report, released during the IMF-WB meetings. The region will be the largest contributor to the global workforce over the next two decades. …
Wildlife officers brought under control a fire that broke out at Lihiniyagala Kanda in the Walapane Divisional Secretariat area on Wednesday evening. The fire had destroyed almost 40 acres of the Lihinyagala forest reserve. Meanwhile, another fire broke out near 1/20 culvert in the Endiriyawatta GN division in Hanguranketha which …
Sri Lanka’s weather patterns are changing and this fact was made evident on January 13, this year when temperatures dropped dramatically country wide. Colombo’s temperature went down to 18.8 degrees Celsius, the lowest recorded in 61 years. The recent floods have been catastrophic and are the worst the country has …
Only a mere 30 percent of the vehicles at the Ministry of Environment passed the emission test, says Anura Jayathilaka, Chairman of Air Resources Management Division of the Ministry. This was revealed when the vehicles of the firms under the Ministry were subjected to emission tests this week. Of 50 …
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called for a report from the Environment Ministry on allegations that a road is being built through the Sinharaja Forest Reserve endangering its natural habitat and eco system, a UNESCO official said yesterday. UNESCO’s Sri Lanka National Commission Secretary General Preethi …
The research team included Galle Wildlife Conservation Society's Madura A de Silva and Nadika C Hapuarachchi, and Nations Trust Bank Primate Conservation Project's P A Rohan Krishantha. The team has discovered over 30 monkeys of this new colour form in 14 troops. The new colour morph was named as the …
The Asian Development Bank in a latest study projected that the energy demand of the SAARC’s eight nations would double within next 10 years and suggested developing a regional power market to cope with the situation. The 4th SAARC Energy Ministerial Meeting held in Dhaka Thursday adopted the study report …
South Asian nations agreed on Thursday to work to promote closer energy links for electricity grids and power generation, a senior energy official said. Energy ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) - bringing together Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - finished …
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has selected 3,000 vehicle owners initially to be paid compensation for the damages caused by the substandard fuel distributed by the Corporation. The tri-member committee appointed to look into the issue met yesterday and selected the claimants and the officials have now commenced to send …
The Sri Lankan government is to spend over 950 million rupees to build 500 housing units for the slum dwellers in the Sri Lankan capital. The Cabinet approved a proposal forwarded by the President to build two 10-storied buildings comprising 500 housing units at Dematagoda at a cost of Rs.952.62 …
Sri Lanka's Minister of Environment Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has ordered the suspension of a road construction across the World Heritage Sinharaja rain forest. The UNESCO Centre in Paris had asked for an immediate detailed report on the road construction. The construction of the road across the rain forest commenced on …
Recent tests carried out at the Kelani River have indicated that the purity level of the water is diminishing and therefore may not be appropriate for drinking purposes, an environmental NGO said yesterday. The Eco Friendly Volunteers (ECO-V) said it had carried out water purity tests with the support of …
Marking a milestone in renewable energy, Sri Lanka, has commissioned its first solar power plant. It will add 500 kilowatt to the National Grid and generate 2,300 units of electricity daily. The power plant located in Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka will cater to electricity needs of over 3,000 rural …
UNESCO Centre in Paris has asked for an immediate detailed report on the road construction through Sri Lanka's Sinharaja rain forest which is considered a World Heritage, local media reported. The request has now been forwarded to the Ministry of External Affairs, the report says. The Ministry has forwarded it …
Latest figures released by the Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka's Health Ministry show that the dengue cases are on the decline during the past month. According to the statistics released on Tuesday, in the first two weeks of September only 585 cases of dengue have been reported. Sri Lanka recorded …
Senior officials of the energy sector from SAARC countries have agreed in principle, with some reservations, with the draft SAARC Inter-Governmental Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation which was prepared by India. The decision was made at a meeting of senior government officials of the energy sector from SAARC countries on …
The members of Galle Wildlife Conservation Association say that they have identified a new species of white monkeys from Sri Lanka's World Heritage site of Sinharaja rain forest. The researchers have confirmed that the new species was not an albino of the common black monkey found in Sinharaja forest. Chairman …
The Sri Lankan government pledged cooperation with the Punjab government in its fight against dengue virus on Saturday after Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a diplomatic contact requested for the country’s help that had combated the viral disease in the past successfully. The Punjab chief minister thanked President Mahinda Rajapaksa …
More than a million HIV-infected persons in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) remain without access to effective treatment. High cost of drugs and limited capacity of the respective health systems of the member-countries are primarily responsible for this situation which is only compounded by delays in diagnosing the disease and …
Nestle Lanka Company, was awarded Silver by Environment Minister, Anura P Yapa at the National Green Awards 2011 held recently. A first time applicant for the awards this year, the company was the only Food and Beverage manufacturer in Sri Lanka to be honoured at the country's main environmental awards …
