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Sri Lanka implements measures to prevent kidney disease, bans import of agrochemicals
In an effort to reduce the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is debilitating people in farming areas, the Sri Lankan government has launched a programme to implement recommendations made
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Sri Lankan President promises safe drinking water to rural communities
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said today that the government has correctly understood the needs of the people in rural areas and promised to provide safe drinking water for the rural communities
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Sri Lanka introduces national policy on community water usage
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a ceremony held in Temple Trees today introduced a national policy on community water usage to provide safe drinking water to the entire country. The
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President opens Sri Lanka's largest solar power plant
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today opened the largest solar power plant in the country in Hambantota. The Japan-funded 737 kilowatt power plant has been constructed at Baruthankanda in Hambantota
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Japan grants Sri Lanka over Rs. 3.5 billion for four development projects
The government of Japan has granted approximately Rs.3.7 billion (Japanese Yen 2.678 billion) to Sri Lanka for implementation of four projects for meeting the urgent needs in sectors such as fisheries,
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Over 200,000 people in Sri Lanka suffering from kidney disease
A team of Sri Lankan experts have found during a study that over 200,000 people have currently been identified to be suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The study conducted by a team from the
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There is no radiation leak at Kudankulam, India assures Sri Lanka
India today dismissed media reports that said there has been a radiation leak at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu state as "totally baseless" and urged the media to avoid "erroneous and
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Sri Lankan environmentalists agitate against India's nuclear power plant
Environmentalists and activists in Sri Lanka have commenced agitating against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Hundreds of activists of the environmentalist group
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Two water projects in Northern Sri Lanka provide drinking water to over 12,500 families
Sri Lanka's Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa Sunday declared open two drinking water supply systems in the North constructed under the Uthuru Wasanthaya (Northern Spring) program. The two
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Sri Lanka Supreme Court removes objections to capital city re-development plan
Sri Lanka Supreme Court Wednesday withdrew an order preventing the re-development of Colombo's crowded residential Slave Island area. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mohan Peiris, Justice