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 …
Discussions held on the incidence of dengue at the Health Ministry revealed that the virus had mutated putting paid to all efforts to rid the country of the disease. Deputy Director General (Public Health) Dr. Palitha Mahipala said the Health Ministry had been hitherto tackling the
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a memorandum submitted by Power and Energy Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne to launch a comprehensive rural electrification scheme with financial assistance from the Government of Iran. Addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing, Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said Iran has provided US$ 95.5 …
Nestle Lanka Limited officially handed over possession to the government of Sri Lanka its completed long term post-tsunami reconstruction projects, on Tuesday. These projects, worth Rs.125 million, spanned affected coastal areas from Negombo to Mullaitivu. According to Nestle, the staff of the company decided to initiate projects that would facilitate …
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka yesterday announced that they have taken a great responsibility to conserve wild elephants in Sri Lanka. The population of wild elephants has increased in remaining forests and National Parks and there is not enough space for their movement. And there are growing concerns …
Sri Lankan authorities today said that at least eleven people and 79 elephants have died in human-elephant conflict during the year. Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said today said that remedial measures are being taken to counter this phenomenon. In many recent cases, wild elephants stormed villages near the jungle, …
The number of dengue victims and deaths from Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) continued to rise to epidemic proportions, with 75 deaths and approximately 5,500 patients reported island wide up to yesterday. Commenting on the alarming number of deaths from DHF, the Government Epidemiology Unit
More than 5,500 tsunami affected orphaned children still remain in shelters around the country, the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) revealed yesterday adding that it would launch a programme to seek guardians for these children. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, NCPA Chairman Jagath Wellawatta also said that more than Rs. …
A group of school children in North Central Sri Lanka has been admitted to Ampara Hospital due to a food poisoning incident. Police Spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekara said at least 50 students of a school in Moragollagama in Kekirawa were admitted to the hospital. Some students suffered from giddiness when …
: At least six persons were killed due to a landslide at Norton Bridge in Hatton of Sri Lanka's hill country, Disaster Management Centre said. According to the Norton Bridge police the landslide occurred near the police station early this morning due to torrential rains. Disaster Management Centre said a …
The number of dengue cases rose by three hundred as the Health Ministry in collaboration with the Colombo Municipal Council and the Public Service Nurses
Over sixty eight deaths and 4,600 dengue cases were reported during the first five months. This was three hundred percent more than the number of dengue cases recorded within the same period last year. A spokesman for the Health Ministry said yesterday (15), that eight houses with mosquito breeding places …
SriLankan Airlines has implemented a series of precautionary measures in response to the threat posed by the A(H1N1) Swine Flu, to protect its passengers and prevent the spread of the disease. Head of Service Delivery, Capt. Milinda Ratnayake said; "We'd like to reassure our passengers that there is no cause …
One year after Cyclone Nargis devastated a swathe of Myanmar, and with the monsoon rains setting in once more, survivors need increased international aid to prevent more deaths, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Cyclone Nargis swept across Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta and southern Yangon on May 2, 2008, killing nearly …
In recent days Sri Lanka has gained a rapid growth in all sectors including the industries. Emergent industries exploit more energy than ever before. Current scenario in electric generation points in a direction that in nearest future we will have to burn double the fuel we consume today to generate …
The Irrigation and Water Management Ministry in collaboration with the Power and Energy Ministry will construct a large scale hydro electricity plant in Wellawaya to generate 300 GWH. This plant will be able to generate power and add 300 GWH to the National Grid, the Irrigation and Water Management Ministry …
Energy experts believe Sri Lanka should now tap all possible renewable energy sources to cut down on the use of fossil fuels which comes to the country at a high price. "Our economy will fall behind if we continue spending on foreign oil and coal every year," said Executive Director …
Rates charged by three-wheeler drivers are to be standardized, streamlined, and made applicable countrywide, the Transport Ministry said. It said it had also taken steps to provide a special advisory scheme to three wheel drivers. This measure is among a series of steps taken by the Ministry to introduce new …
Sri Lanka had advised its farmers in the Mahaweli zones to cultivate only 50 percent of their paddy lands in this season due to lack of water in the major reservoirs as drought conditions continue to prevail. The Sri Lanka Agriculture Ministry has issued this instruction through the Farmer Organizations …
Rehabilitation of seven major Irrigation projects at a cost of Rs. 1,800 million launched by re-awakening project under the Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development Ministry with World Bank assistance is in progress, Project Director P.H. Sugathadasa said. He said the project has underken rehabilitation of seven major irrigation projects …
