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 Sri Lankan government plans to immediately implement the long-awaited Broadlands Hydropower Project (BHP) to add more hydropower to the national grid and reduce the cost associated with thermal power generation. The Cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal made by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka to proceed …
The Sri Lankan government, focused on promoting the recently launched Divi Neguma Programme to improve the nutrition level of the people, has sought media help to educate the country's public on government programs and also to counter politically motivated misinformation campaigns. Addressing the media personnel and officials of the Department …
There is no imminent threat of sea water intrusion into the Kelani river as a result of the prevailing dry weather, National Water Supply and Drainage Board chairman Karunasena Hettiarachchi told the Daily News yesterday. He requested the public not to be deceived by false rumours that sea water has …
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board has intensified contamination investigations into water wells in the Eastern Province following Monday's water contamination incident that saw hospitalization of 64 students at Dharussalam School in Sammanthurai. The victims were admitted to the Sammanthurai Base Hospital for vomiting, dizziness and episodes of headaches …
Wildlife Conservation Department Director General Dr Chandrawansa Pathiraja stressed that no elephants in the South will be relocated either for the construction of the Mattala airport or for the proposed Games City in Hambantota hosting Commonwealth Games in 2018. He said that the media reports that the Government was planning …
The main opposition party of Sri Lanka, United National Party (UNP) has called on the government to pay compensation to the vehicles owners whose vehicles had been affected due to the pumping of substandard fuel imported by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has made this …
There is an imperative need to use technology for better wildlife management and effective conflict resolution methodologies, Consultant and expert of the World Wildlife Fund Ajay A. Desai tells V.S. Palaniappan. Mr. Desai is in Coimbatore to radio-collar two problematic elephants in Coimbatore division that indulged in crop raids and …
The Health Ministry Epidemiology Unit statistics revealed that 909 dengue patients have been reported islandwide during the first week of July. Five persons had died due to dengue during last week. Colombo District is the worst affected by the dengue epidemic so far, and 475 dengue cases have been reported …
In this paper we describe a strategy for sustained release of nitrogen into the soil. Specifically, ureamodified hydroxyapatite nanoparticles were encapsulated under pressure into cavities of the soft wood of Gliricidia sepium. Nitrogen release of the nanofertilizer composition was studied using soil from three elevations in Sri Lanka (pH 4.2, …
People living in the Nuwara Eliya are perturbed that the area is undergoing climatic changes demonstrated by a prolonged drought and a delay in the south-west monsoonal rains experienced this year. These monsoonal rains accompanied by strong winds that usually make their presence felt in June and July make life …
Sri Lankan authorities plan to relocate 200 wild elephants from their habitat in Hambanthota to build an international airport and a game city in anticipation of a successful bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Quoting a government minister, Xinhua news agency reported that if selected to host the games …
The Labour and Labour Relations Ministry has identified 51 types of dangerous occupations and the ministry will take action against persons who employ anyone under 18 years in these occupations. The 51 occupations are under 10 categories such as meat, fish and salt production, manufacture or use of pesticides, chemicals …
Minister of Petroleum Resources Susil Premajayantha said that the government was willing to pay compensation to those who could prove that their vehicles suffered damage due to allegedly contaminated fuel issued by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). Minister Premajayantha said the affected motorists could contact CPC, which would conduct tests …
Sri Lanka Ministry of Health has planned to make fourteen amendments to the Mosquito Breeding Control Act, government sources say. The Cabinet approval for the amendment will be sought within the next few days, Ministry sources added. According to the amendments, the law enforcers can produce photographs of the mosquito …
Sri Lanka Ministry of Health has planned to make fourteen amendments to the Mosquito Breeding Control Act, government sources say. The Cabinet approval for the amendment will be sought within the next few days, Ministry sources added. According to the amendments, the law enforcers can produce photographs of the mosquito …
Nearly 50 percent of the underground drinking water sources in Anuradhapura district contain more than the approved fluoride content, research conducted by the Dental Surgery Unit of the Anuradhapura Regional Health Director's Office has revealed. A spokesman for the unit said, 16 MOH divisions in the district were covered by …
Health Ministry Epidemiology Unit statistics reveal that 9,660 dengue cases and 73 deaths had been reported from all parts of the country by Tuesday, sources said. According to the sources the number of dengue cases reported until June 28 was 2,863. "The number of deaths reported during the same period …
In a shocking and distressing revelation Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday long term malnutrition was as high 41 per cent in Nuwara Eliya with the short term malnutrition was at 11 per cent and called for a sharp change in food patterns among Sri Lankans. He said malnutrition and …
The pioneer scientific research and development organization in Sri Lanka, the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) has said that no arsenic was found in the local rice samples it tested. According to the Director of ITI, Dr. A.M. Mubarak, the rice samples submitted to the ITI by the Rice Research Institute …
