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 …
All elephants, wild and tame would come under a two-day survey as a prelude to the first ever island-wide elephant survey due in August this year. Wildlife officials said all activities of elephants would be monitored, including their appetites, behaviour and conduct. The survey would be done in the 7 …
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that the government had taken the important decision to provide fertiliser subsidy for all food crops under the Mahinda Chinthana Idiri Dekma. Minister Rajapaksa was addressing tea and rubber smallholders, large scale tea and rubber growers and farmers on Thursday. He said that the …
The Health Ministry Food Control Department yesterday warned fruit traders against using Carbide gas for accelerated ripening of fruits, stating that the Health Ministry will take stern action against those found involved in producing and selling such inedible or contaminated fruits. Calcium Carbide is widely used by traders in spite …
The Health Ministry has issued a new circular on the use of chemicals in the process of fruit ripening. Director General of Health Services Dr. Ajith Mendis has issued instructions on the use of chemicals to ripen the foods. He said that the use of chemicals below the required amount …
The Environment Ministry of Sri Lanka has said the value of the country's forest bio-diversity estimated at 4.5 trillion rupees would be included into the national revenue in future. The Ministry has stated that the carbon stabilization process by forests in Sri Lanka, which is estimated at over 1.582 trillion …
The United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) under its Food for Peace (FFP) program has granted US$ 1.5 million to help more than 22,000 flood victims in eastern Sri Lanka, the United States Embassy in Colombo announced. A press statement issued by the US Embassy said under the grant …
The International Conference on Food Safety : Science, Evidence and Regulations, organised by the Health Ministry in collaboration with the Regional Office for South Asia of International Life Sciences will be held today and tomorrow at Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo, a Health Education Bureau spokesman said. According to the spokesman …
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) launched a solid waste management programme under the pilisaru project to help North Western Province local authorities regularize solid waste management. Speaking at its launching ceremony at Wennappuwa Pradeshiya Sabha auditorium recently, Environment Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said , it is a duty of all …
Health Ministry warns that around 50 to 75 percent of Sri Lankans are prone to non-communicable diseases. Already five out of ten persons in urban areas and one out of ten persons in rural areas had been suffering from non communicable diseases (NCD), a spokesman for the Health Ministry said. …
Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has given directives to declare the Gin Oya environs as a protected zone with immediate effect. This decision was taken considering the uncontrolled human activities taking place in Gin Oya surroundings. It was reported that the Gin Pol mangrove variety which is frequently found in …
Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Chairman Charitha Herath urged from the public to be careful in disposing Vesak decorations and lanterns made of polythene and plastic without harming the environment and drainage system of the country. He told the Daily News yesterday that a large quantity of polythene is annually collected …
Rainwater harvesting which is collection, preservation and obtaining maximum use of rain water, will be the most effective and economical way to meet the challenges of the scarcity of drinking water, said Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardane at a three-day seminar recently held at the Construction Equipment Training …
An erudite committee was appointed to look into health and environmental hazards of the use of asbestos, Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Chairman Dr Charitha Herath told the Daily News. He said that this committee was appointed considering the world trends to abandon the use of asbestos due to their reported …
The Livestock and Rural Community Development Ministry will enhance the livestock production in the country to achieve self-sufficiency in livestock products by 2016, Livestock and Rural Community Development Ministry Secretary A H Gamage said. He said that it was necessary to produce 740 million litres of milk, 200,000 metric tonnes …
In a bid to ease the growing human-elephant conflict in the country, wildlife authorities said yesterday that moves were underway to restrict the habitat of rogue elephants to a 2500 acre jungle area in Veheragala, Lunugamvehera and Horawapathana. Wildlife Conservation Department, Director General, Chandrawansa Pathiraja said rogue elephants from other …
The Sri Lankan government is to give priority to environmental protection with the implementation of two projects. The Central Environment Authority (CEA) has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Peradeniya University and with the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) to implement the two projects. CEA Chairman …
Farmers who depend on water from Makulara Oya for their paddy cultivation and for drinking purposes are perturbed that the only water resource in the area that serviced a large population would be ruined because of illegal sand mining. Locals pointed out that haphazard sand mining caused extensive environmental damage …
Sri Lanka's Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka has said the government was looking at the possibility of generating electricity from ocean waves. Ranawaka has said a prefeasibility study on the matter has already been conducted. He has said that although Sri Lanka is interested in generating electricity from …
