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 Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA) will initiate action to build a new wind power plant in Hambantota and Puttalam after which they hope to add 80 MW of electricity to the national grid, spokesman for the Ministry of Power and Energy said. Daily Mirror learns that the Authority expects to …
Sri Lanka is among much of South Asian and African nations that face extreme risk from climate change but top carbon polluters will be relatively shielded from its ravages, according to a ranking of 166 nations obtained by AFP yesterday. Somalia, Haiti and Afghanistan top the Climate Change Vulnerability Index, …
Sri Lankan government has taken extensive measures to promote the fishing industry in the North to uplift the lives of the fisher community in the former war-torn areas. Under the Uthuru Wasanthaya development programs of the North, the government plans to restart the ice production plant and the canned fish …
Sri Lanka Cabinet has granted approval to several road projects in the country to upgrade and rehabilitate the provincial roads in Eastern and Northern regions. The Cabinet approved a proposal submitted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Minister of Finance and Planning to enter into a Financing Agreement with the …
The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry is to introduce legislation to prevent discrimination against TB sufferers at work places and schools, Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said. He said the ministry has information that employees and students had been sent out despite their getting treatment for the disease. Patients are not …
Over the last 50 years, nine out of ten natural disasters around the world have been the result of extreme weather and climate events. Storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves, dust storms, wildfires and many other natural hazards threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. The threat is expected …
Mahaweli River banks in the Hasalaka region have become a haven for illicit gem and sand miners. Complaints of illicit gem mining in Mahaweli at Hasalaka are made repeatedly at the Kandy District Coordinating Committee (DCC) meetings. But there seem to be not fruitful preventive action taken, by officials. Meanwhile …
A parliamentary standing committee yesterday asked the energy, power and mineral resources ministry to prepare a master plan on generating electricity from alternative sources such as solar, wind and wave power. The ministry was also asked to submit the plan to the committee and the government within three months. At …
Paddy farmers in the Thambiluvil Agrarian Services Centre have reported losses in their cultivations during the Yala season due to misuse of water in Sagamam tank, a major irrigation work which has a history of over a thousand years. Sagamam tank was part of the Gal Oya Scheme. It was …
In Sri Lanka the export and import of fauna and flora is approved based on the decisions taken by the Sri Lanka Forest Department. If plants are traded without authorization, it is a violation of the law under Section 119 of the Customs Ordinance and under section 12,44 of the …
Western Provincial Council Minister of Fisheries, Road Development and Tourism, Nimal Lanza is to request President Mahinda Rajapaksa to consider removing fishing restrictions now imposed in the Western Province and allow fishermen to go out to sea to fish. Mr. Lanza said there were a few restrictions still imposed in …
Cabinet granted approval to a memorandum submitted by Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinhe to implement the project "Operationalizing the road map for disaster risk management" under UNDP assistance of USD 2,100,000 and to authorize the secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management to sign programme agreement …
The water supply project in Walapane which comes under the main water supply scheme in the Nuwara Eliya district is nearing completion and ready to serve more than 12,800 people in the area who suffered hardships due to the scarcity of drinking water during past few years. The main water …
Residents of Kirinda area staged a protest compelling the authorities to wind up the garbage recycling project at Walakanda. More than 1000 protestors participated. They pointed out that the project implemented by the Puhulwella Pradeshiya Sabha caused extensive environmental damage and created a health hazard causing hardship to more than …
The total number of dengue cases in Sri Lanka has risen to 24,084 during this year, the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said today. According to the statistics released by the Epidemiology Unit, 245 people have died due to the disease during the same period. The country has seen …
In a continuation of the conflict between humans and elephants, a man was killed but a child miraculously escaped unhurt when an elephant in the Kumbikkulama area of Habarana charged a group of farmers tending their land. T.D. Wimalasena (47), a father of two and a farmer from the Heenmoragolla …
In a continuation of the conflict between humans and elephants, a man was killed but a child miraculously escaped unhurt when an elephant in the Kumbikkulama area of Habarana charged a group of farmers tending their land. T.D Wimalasena (47), father of two and a farmer from the Heenmoragolla area …
People of the Jaffna District in Northern Sri Lanka are to receive substantially better healthcare facilities, the government said yesterday. The government has allocated 350 million rupees to uplift the health care facilities in the Jaffna District, Governor of the Northern Province, Major General G.A. Chandrasiri said while he was …
