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Sri Lanka to get US$ 45.5 million Hungarian credit to improve main water treatment plants
Sri Lanka will receive US$ 45.5 million loan from the Hungarian Export-Import Bank to rehabilitate the two main potable water reservoirs and treatment plants serving the capital Colombo and suburbs.
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Sri Lanka urged to look towards alternate power sources
For Sri Lanka to avoid incurring heavy losses in providing energy and to accelerate economic development, it is compulsory for the country to look for alternate energy sources, a senior government minister
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Sri Lanka spending a considerable amount to improve health sector - President
Jan 20, Nuwara Eliya: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that his government is spending a considerable amount of funds on improving the health sector to provide quality healthcare to the public.
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Sri Lanka to deploy Civil Defence Force to safeguard elephant electric fences
Sri Lanka will deploy personnel of the Civil Defence Force to safeguard the electric fences built to keep the elephants from entering villages, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife S. M. Chandrasena
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New water projects in Sri Lankan capital city to be completed by April
Sri Lanka Water Supply and Drainage Board says that three projects launched under Greater Colombo Water Rehabilitation Project will be completed and opened for public use in April. The projects are
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Sri Lanka to develop 103 river basins
The Sri Lankan government will take measures to develop 103 river basins in 2013, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management Nimal Siripala de Silva said. The Minister says that a project
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Sri Lanka to implement the five-year National Health Policy from today
The Health Ministry of Sri Lanka from today will implement the new National Health Policy formulated to provide and maintain health service according to national and international standards for the next
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Russian nuclear power team to arrive in Sri Lanka this month
Jan 01, Colombo: A team of Russian nuclear scientists will arrive in Sri Lanka this month to study the country's energy sector outlook, the government said today. Russia has offered to enhance its support
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Around 200 endemic plants of Sri Lanka threatened with extinction
Around 200 endemic plants of Sri Lanka are prone to extinction while 72 plant species have already disappeared, the newly issued report on Sri Lanka's Flora and Fauna reveals. Sri Lankan Minister of
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Sri Lanka floods, landslides kill 25, displaces over 18,000
Torrential rains continued to lash Sri Lanka unabated raising the death toll from floods and landslides to 25 and leaving over 18,000 people homeless in most parts of the country. The latest figures