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 …
Although the word 'Environment' is not mentioned in Local Government enactments, Local Authorities in Sri Lanka, were playing an important role in the management and protection of the environment. Long before the Central Environment Authority was established in 1981. In fact before the Central Environment Authority was set up, the …
The WHO commended the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry for very successful handling of first AH1N1 (Swine Flu) cases. The Ministry took all possible steps and managed the situation within 24 hours and acted quickly. This is not a killer virus and there is no need to panic or overreact, WHO …
As Sri Lanka painfully battles the dengue epidemic and swine flue, it is an irony that people in poor countries like Sri Lanka, which have contributed least to carbon emissions, should suffer disproportionately the resulting climate change. Higher temperature will change the distribution and increase the burden of various vector-borne, …
For Clean Energy and Access Improvement: The Asian Development Bank has provided financial assistance amounting to US $ 164 mn (approximately Rs. 19 billion) for the implementation of Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project in Sri Lanka. The total investment cost of this project is US $ 188 mn of …
Sri Lankan health officials yesterday detected a second patient with swine flu (H1N1). The second patient is a six-year-old boy who was a cousin of the first patient, an eight-year-old boy, and arrived in Sri Lanka with the same family. The family of eight, residents of Australia, arrived in the …
Sri Lanka government is planning to provide electricity for 400 rural villages in the North during the next three years, Minister of Power and Energy, W.D.J Senaviratne said. Minister Senaviratne added that this would be another step of "Uthuru Wasanthaya" program introduced by the government to develop the Northern region …
Dr. Ajith Mendis, Director General of Health Services yesterday said that the first case of swine influenza had been detected in Sri Lanka. He identified the victim as an 8 year-old-boy from Australia, who had arrived in Colombo on June 14. He said that the child had been admitted to …
Six dengue patients have died at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital upto now, according to latest records. Hundred and three patients have been treated at the hospital, Provincial Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Asoka Wadigamangawa told the Daily News. Wadigamangawa said dengue cases have been reported from Kurunegala, Narammala, Polgahawela and …
The first person diagnosed with Swine Flu has been found in the country, said Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday evening at a hurriedly convened press conference held at the Health Ministry in Colombo. The patient detected from Wattala is an eight-year old boy who has arrived …
A she-elephant in an advanced stage of pregnancy has been shot dead by poachers at the Hurulu Environment park in close proximity to Kodigalakande Forest Hermitage at Habarana-Trincomalee main road. Wildlife officials attached to Mahaweli Zone said that this 20 to 25 years old and 6 1/2 foot tall elephant …
Health authorities battled to contain the ever increasing dengue epidemic with an island wide surveillance and clearing programme yesterday while the number of dengue related deaths rose to 134 and the number of cases touched the 9,300 mark, health ministry source said. A combined programme assisted by Ministries of Healthcare …
India, with its vast infrastructure in agricultural research and education, is best placed to usher in an era of hope in the lives of the Tamil farm and fisher families. The war has ended, but the struggle for economic survival is just beginning for the Tamil population of the Northern …
Sri Lanka can save USD 400 million annually in foreign exchange by becoming self-sufficient in fish while providing employment to thousands of people, Chairman Maubima Lanka Foundation Ariyseela Wickramanayake told Daily News Business.
At least 14 percent of power generated by various power plants in the country was wasted while in distribution owing to technical reasons, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) sources said. Minister of Power and Energy John Seneviratne said that power wastage was a normal phenomenon in any country but under …
The Sri Lankan government says that the United Nations should take responsibility for not providing enough toilet facilities for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Vavuniya camps. The UN has said that only half of the toilets and minimum facilities for bathing are available for IDPs in the camps. However, …
The Kuwait government has agreed to provide US$ 42 million for the Moragahakanda project, Agriculture Development Minister Maithripala Sirisena said. The minister added Saudi Arabia, OPEC and JAICA had also pledged financial assistance to this mega irrigation scheme. He said two main reservoirs would be constructed under this project, and …
