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 …
Sri Lanka's health authorities have issued a warning on the possible increase of leptospirosis also known as rat fever in the country. The Health Ministry has said that several cases of rat fever have been reported from areas that were affected by the recent floods. According to the Ministry, the …
A sudden fire that erupted in the Piduruthalagala forest reserve yesterday destroyed two acres of forest land, Nuwara Eliya Disaster Management Center Spokesman Erandana Hemawardena told the Daily News. The fire had broken out around 1pm yesterday in the Piduruthalagala forest reserve which belongs to Hawaeliya West Grama Niladari Division …
Rat fever (Leptospirosis) has caused three deaths and infected 34 others in Anuradhapura during February. Anuradhapura Zonal Health Services Director Dr Palitha Bandara said that 55 patients suffering from rat fever had been reported since Janaury 2011. The disease has a tendency to affect those between 30 to 50 years, …
Sri Lanka Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka says that the rates the Sri Lanka Electricity Board purchases electricity generated from solid waste has been increased. The Minister said the measure was taken to encourage investors in generating electricity through solid waste. Accordingly, the purchasing price for a unit …
Sri Lanka Minister of Cooperatives and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando says that the local potato farmers will be guaranteed a reasonable price for their product. The price of potato has de-escalated in local markets as the farmers in potato growing districts are harvesting. The farmers complain that the markets are …
The Central Environment Authority will organize the national program 'Green Award 2011' award encouraging all Sri Lankans to preserve the environment to create an environment-friendly society. The National Green Award presentation program will be held under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to mark Global Environment Day on June 5 …
An islandwide elephant census is to be conducted for the first time in August and September this year, a Wildlife Conservation Department official told the Daily News yesterday. She said that the support of Asian elephant experts of the Indian Wildlife Institute will be taken to conduct the census. They …
The Janasevana housing and settlement development program is being implemented with the intention of providing housing facilities to one million houseless families of the country within the next five years. This housing program is aimed at providing housing facilities to all communities in our society, nearly 60,000 families will benefit …
Over 300,000 coconut trees in the Matara District are identified as been affected by blight, Matara District Secretary W K K Athukorala told the Daily News yesterday. She said that directives had been given to cut down and destroy these trees within two weeks after they are earmarked to prevent …
The Coast Conservation Department is conducting several projects based on erosion, disaster and habitats to develop coastal areas to support the Government's development process, said Coast Conservation Department Director General Anil Premarathne. There are 14 coastal districts in Sri Lanka. So the majority of the country's population live in coastal …
SEVERAL countries in the Southern Hemisphere experienced their worst floods in decades in the past two months. While intense rainfall for over a month kept parts of Australia inundated for weeks, severe floods and landslides killed hundreds of people in Brazil and Sri Lanka, and affected more than one million. …
The country's largest power producer NTPC may revive its plans to set up coal and gas-based power projects in Nigeria, a proposal scrapped by the company earlier due to a delay in finalising a partner for the proposed venture in the African nation.
The Cabinet decided Thursday, to set apart Rs 3,300 million to restore agriculture, livestock, roads , irrigation canals, houses and livelihoods of people in flood affected districts, sequel to a proposal made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The President had asked the ministers to coordinate closely with Chief Ministers , District …
The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (IKRF) of Iran has sent 30,000 Euros to Sri Lanka to assist people affected by floods in Sri Lanka. IKRF President Dr Hossein Anvari has forwarded the donation to Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, who is the Vavuniya, Mullaithivu and Mannar District Development Councils …
The United Nations said Tuesday that the recent wave of flooding in Sri Lanka had hit harder on the people who were still trying to recover from the last month's flooding. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sri Lank has reported that the magnitude and impact …
Sri Lanka government has roughly estimated that the recent round of floods have caused a damage worth of 50 billion rupees to the economy while affecting over 1.2 million people of 18 districts. Minister of Disaster Management Mahinda Amaraweera says that thousands of acres of cultivations, around 450 small and …
Sri Lanka cabinet of ministers today has decided to allocate 33 billion rupees (approximately 300 million US dollars) for rehabilitation and restoration programs in the districts affected by the recent floods and landslides. The government issuing a statement said today that a Task Force appointed under the chairmanship of Sri …
Malnutrition among children under the age of five, which declined to 13.5 percent in 2000 from 23.8 percent in 1993 has again increased to 18 percent in 2006. According to a Health Ministry spokesman, the estate sector records the highest percentage of chronic malnutrition among children below the age of …
