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 …
Health authorities have warned that the dengue mosquito is raising its ugly head again in the Matale district. Director of Health Services, Matale Dr. W.G.A. Dissanayake said the prevailing inclement weather had resulted this state. He said 21 dengue positive cases were reported in Ukuwela Heath Officer
Nearly 4,000 acres of forest reserve at Horton Plains in Sri Lankan Hill country has been completely destroyed by the blazing bushfires. The District Secretary of Nuwara Eliya confirmed that the bush fires which started from Ohiya area has already spread to the Horton Plains reserve few days ago. However …
The nutrition levels of displaced children under 5 years of age living in welfare villages in the North have significantly improved since their arrival in the camps in May, Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Nutrition Dr. Athula Kahandaliyanage said yesterday. Addressing the media, Dr Kahandaliyanage said two nutrition …
The government has taken actions to implement the Consumer Electricity Act with effect from tomorrow,08th October, for the purpose of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity, Chairman of Public Utility Commission Jayatissa De Costa said. This Act will be introduced by the Public Utility Commission on Electricity Consumers, and …
The Health Ministry of Sri Lanka has decided to use the lavicide Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) bacteria imported from Cuba to control the fast spreading mosquito-born dengue disease in selected areas of the central hill country as a model program. Dr. Palitha Maheepala, the Deputy Director General of the Public …
Angry residents of the Galmaduwa area have staged a massive protest campaign blocking the Ampara-Colombo main road for several hours this morning. According to the sources, people launched the campaign to protest the water shortage experiencing for a long time by the residents in the area. They claim that though …
The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau yesterday said the displacement of plates which had resulted in the recent earthquakes in Indonesia had created a possibility of tsunamis. Geological Survey and Mines Bureau Deputy Director Geology S. M. A. T. B. Mudunkotuwa told the Daily Mirror that the movement of displaced …
The Government has planned to provide safe drinking water to 100 percent of the urban population, 90 percent of the rural and 80 percent in the estate sector by 2016. Similarly, improved sanitation facilities are to be provided to 95 percent of the urban population, 85 percent of rural and …
In Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, the tsunami disaster of 2004 forced new ways of working on both organizations of the urban poor and local authorities. Building on this experience, an emerging federation of the urban poor (built on community savings groups) has been collaborating with local authorities to secure land and …
The government has decided to triple the health budget for 2010, despite the many difficulties it faced and the global economic meltdown, as the government was committed to providing a quality health service to the people, said Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva yesterday. Speaking at a ceremony …
Sri Lanka government is to begin construction of four medium-scale hydropower plants under Uma Oya, Moragalla Oya, Ginganga and Broadland projects, in the country next year, Power and Energy Ministry said. Construction work has already commenced on the Uma Oya and Broadland medium scale hydropower plants. The project will involve …
The Government of Japan has provided funds for a Rs. 8.6 million project to provide potable water for the impoverished people in the Ampara District of Eastern Sri Lanka. A Japanese Embassy press release said that the funds, provided through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), are …
Cabinet granted approval to a Memorandum submitted by the Minister of Agriculture Development & Agrarian Services Maithreepala Sirisena to set up a Seed Testing Laboratory under the SAARC project. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Sri Lanka will be done to this effect. It has been decided that …
The Health Ministry, in collaboration with the police, the Civil Defence Committee (CDC) and Colombo Municipal Council employees with public volunteers, carried out a dengue awareness programme in the the Pettah area, a spokesman for the Health Ministry said on Tuesday (22). Three hundred policemen, five hundred representatives from the …
This grant contract was signed between Japanese Ambassador Kunio Takahashi and Child Rehabilitation Centre Chairman Chamila Kodagoda, yesterday at the Japanese Embassy in Colombo. Picture by Sudath Nishantha The Japanese Government has provided Rs. 8.6 million for "the Project for providing safe drinking water for war affected and poverty stricken …
The Sri Lanka Red Cross in its latest report has stated that a total of 11,000 businesses were destroyed due to tsunami that hit the island in 2004. This was revealed by the SLRC at the recent launch of the book titled
Sri Lanka parliament today approved a supplementary estimate of 685.3 million rupees presented by the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services. Minister for Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services Development Maithripala Sirisena said the objective of presenting the estimate is to cut back the losses incurred by the agrarian farms …
