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 …
Two senior Ministers yesterday in Parliament called for the government to introduce the Cuban bio-control method to arrest the Dengue epidemic which had now become a global issue. Construction and Engineering Services Minister Rajitha Senaratne and Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Tissa Vitharana made this remark at an adjournment …
The recent interruption to the routine collection of Garbage in the city of Colombo has resulted in a problem for the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Chief Engineer of CEB Colombo North Regional office, Ms. Soyza told the Island Financial review. Garbage collects up very easily and quickly and access to …
Almost 29.1 percent of the drinking water supplied to people in the Wayamba province go waste due to negligence. If there is proper water management it would obviate the need to open new water supply schemes in the Province, said Rural Industries and Self Employment Promotion Minister S. B. Nawinna. …
The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry last month launched a massive program to combat dengue in 68 divisional secretariat divisions with the patronage of MOH offices, PHIs and Civil Defence Committees. Under this program, in Colombo district alone 23,100 houses were inspected and 6,138 of them were found to be mosquito …
More than 400 tsunami-affected families in Kalmunai, Ampara who lost their homes in the tsunami waves moved in to new houses in two apartment complexes in Periyaneelavani and at the Road Development Department and Irrigation Department housing complex. The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society initiated projects, built with funding and …
The entire country will be connected to a single power network including the northern province in the year 2011 and the project would cost more than $ 80 million, the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) E.A.S.K. Edirisinghe said. Speaking to the Daily Mirror Mr. Edirisinghe said that at …
The lending arm of the World Bank on Tuesday approved a US$24 million credit to provide further support to improve the health care in Sri Lanka, especially to meet the health needs of the Internally Displaced Persons in the North and East. Issuing a press release today the World Bank …
The number of Swine Flu patients detected in Sri Lanka is rising day by day, Health officials said. According to Dr. Geetani Wickremasinghe of Medical Research Institute in Colombo another two people suffering from swine flu have been detected yesterday. Both patients who were from Australia, including a ten-year-old boy …
The residents of Serudandahela area staged a protest against the dumping of garbage in their village by the Naula Pradeshiya Sabha creating a serious health hazard. More than 500 protestors of all walks of life participated. They accused the authorities of haphazard dumping of garbage without least concern about its …
Power and Energy Minister John Seneviratne said yesterday power generation from the Norochcholai plant would begin next year with 300 mw being produced initially. The Minister responding to a question asked by the JVP during the adjournment debate on electricity tariffs said the capacity of the power plant would be …
The Supreme Court yesterday suspended with immediate effect an order by the Kesbewa Magistrate, that garbage should not be dumped at the Karadiyane disposal site in Kesbewa, until June 29, 2009. The Magistrate had said that an inspection of the site would be done by him, to verify that garbage …
International migrant workers, foreign students and political refugees are often endangered by laws that discriminate against people with AIDS, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch reported last week. About a third of the world
Commissioner General of Motor Traffic Bandula Wijeratna yesterday said that special provision had been made for the convenience of all vehicle owners in the Southern, Central and North -Central Provinces to obtain their emission test certificates in their own provinces from yesterday(22). He said that until recently vehicles owners of …
Every unit of nuclear waste will take more than 25 years to decay and every nation has a responsibility to act to reduce the harm on the environment, former Vice President International Court of Justice, C.G. Weeramantry said yesterday speaking at the inauguration of a workshop at the South Asian …
Four wild elephants have died after being shot, poisoned and electrocuted during the 2009, in the North Western Province. According to latest information and statistics of the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Meanwhile, eight injured wild elephants too are reported to be roaming about in Galgamuwa ad Nikaweratiya electorates of the …
With the second case of the global pandemic disease influenza H1N1 detected here, Sri Lanka's largest health and hygiene soap brand, Lifebuoy cautions people to take simple preventative steps to avoid the illness. The World Health Organisation and the Centers for Disease Control recommend washing your hands with soap as …
