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 residents of several areas in the Palagala Divisional Secretaries Division were facing hardship for want of irrigation facilities to cultivate their paddy fields and arable land. The farmers in Kalugala, Kosgahainna and Ussana villages are the worst affected. They pointed out that the Kalugala tank which was the only …
The Wild Life Department has come to the rescue of drought stricken wild animals in the Sanctuaries, especially Yala and Kumana by pumping water from the Menik Ganga and using bowsers to fill man made water ponds in the Park, Director of Wild Life H. D. Ratnayake said yesterday. He …
The Maldives, one of the countries most at risk from rising sea levels, will not attend this year's Copenhagen summit on climate change because the atoll nation is broke, its president said Monday. President Mohamed Nasheed told reporters in the capital Male that his newly-elected government had no money to …
Sri Lanka's marine ecosystem will be affected due to sea level rise around its coastal zone due to melting of the Himalayas. Therefore, the problem related to Himalaya is a regional phenomenon, Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawake said. The Minister was expressing his views during bi-lateral discussions with Nepali Prime …
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka yesterday said, he will not withhold the Waste Management Project, that was started in Dompe by his ministry, because of unfair demonstrations and picketing campaigns staged against it by a few groups. Ranawaka said, "The project will cause no environmental pollution to the …
The Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka has granted approval to a proposal submitted by a joint private venture to set up two windmill projects in the Puttalam district, BOI Assistant Manager (Media) Dudley Perera said. This will be the first ever windmill project in Sri Lanka that will …
Sri Lanka Government has constructed its third tsunami warning tower at Mahawewa area in Puttalam. This tsunami warning center will be operated jointly by the Disaster Management Centre and the Meteorological Department. An awareness programme was also held at the Mahawewa beach area yesterday to inform the public on how …
The Western Provincial Council (WPC) is planning to use wind power to illuminate Colombo city in association with Concurrent (India) Infrastructure Ltd an Indian based private company, while there is another plan in the pipeline to use wind power for the streetlamps islandwide. A pilot project was launched in the …
The Western Provincial Council (WPC) is planning to use wind power to illuminate Colombo city in association with Concurrent (India) Infrastructure Ltd an Indian based private company, while there is another plan in the pipeline to use wind power for the streetlamps islandwide. A pilot project was launched in the …
Agriculture Development Minister Hemakumara Nanayakkara said that what the farmers needed were not subsidies but assistance to improve their crops and develop agriculture in the country. Mr. Nanayakkara was speaking at the "Agriculture Extension Conference 2009" held at the Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGIA), Gannoruwa. The conference was organised by …
Around 17,000 Sri Lankans are affected by Tuberculosis annually while 11,000 new victims are identified. Of this 350 die of the disease, Director of National Program for Tuberculosis Control and Chest Disease Dr. A.L.S.B. Alwis said. Deputy Director General of Public Health Services of Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry Dr. P.G. …
Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre today warned the residents living in the Maskeliya, Kitulgala, Yatiyantota and Avissawella areas after at least three sluice gates of the Maussakale, one of the major hydropower reservoirs were opened. A spokesman for the Centre said the sluice gates have been opened in order to …
Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said the Treasury has agreed to increase the health budget three-fold to uplift the public health facilities to improve the quality of lives. Addressing the inauguration of the Nirogi Lanka project in Colombo, Minister de Silva said last year the health budget …
National Aquatic Resources Agency (NARA) is conducting a survey on the lobster population in the Sri Lankan coastal belt. Head of the Aquatic Life Division of the NARA Dr. Sisira Saputhanthri said this was the first ever research programme on the lobster population in the Sri Lankan seas. The programme …
Somalia and Sri Lanka are among the countries at greatest risk from climate change, while the US and Japan are within the top 15 nations least at risk. Africa and much of South Asia face extreme risk from climate change but top carbon polluters will be relatively shielded from its …
Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority has decided to develop Renewable Energy resources and declare energy development areas to implement energy efficiency measures and conservation programs to promote energy security, reliability and cost effectiveness in energy delivery and information management. It has also decided to initiate National Energy Efficiency Award 2009 …
A high profile Indian delegation is due in Sri Lanka at the end of this month to strike the historic deal to begin the construction of Indo-Sri Lanka Electricity Interconnection project. Under this project the country will receive electricity of 500 mega watts (MW) initially. Sri Lanka through this agreement, …
While world environmental risk analysts have expressed fears over extreme climate changes in South Asian nations including Sri Lanka, U.N. climate panel chairman said the world could still cap global warming at far lower levels than widely expected if nations
Sri Lanka government yesterday said that India is likely to share its nuclear technology with Sri Lanka for power generation using thorium as the main source of energy. According to a local media report, Sri Lanka's Science and Technology Minister Tissa Vitharana has said that he had invited Indian nuclear …
There have been 245 deaths recorded and 24,984 people infected from dengue this year as at on Wednesday, Epidemiology Unit said yesterday. The highest number of dengue cases had been reported from the districts of Kandy, Gampaha, Colombo, Kegalle, Kurunagalla and Kalutara. The Ministry continues to advise the public to …
