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Sri Lankan President extends support to elephant conservation at Clinton Global Initiative meeting
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday joined former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the 2014 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. The President at
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Sri Lanka calls for developed nations to help the developing to reduce impact of climate change
Pointing out that the health of the global environment today is in need of serious attention, Sri Lanka today called for the developed nations to financially support the developing nations to reduce the
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Sri Lankan government to resume drought relief in Uva Province from tomorrow
Following the Supreme Court's approval, the Sri Lankan government will resume its drought relief program in the Moneragala district of Uva Province from Monday. The program carried out by the Ministry
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Snake bites complicate chronic kidney disease among farmers in rural Sri Lanka
Snakebite is a common occupational health hazard among Sri Lankan agricultural workers, particularly in the North Central Province and a recent study has found that venomous snake bites, particularly viper
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Over one million people affected by drought in Sri Lanka
Over one million people in Sri Lanka have severely been affected by the prolonged drought prevailing in 14 districts of the island, a government minister says. Minister of Health Maithreepala Sirisena
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Malaysian firm to invest in a hybrid power project in Sri Lanka's North
Malaysia's state-owned utility company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has signed an agreement to invest in a hybrid wind and solar power project in Sri Lanka's Northern Jaffna peninsula. TNB, one of the
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Land acquisition for Sri Lanka's Ratnapura expressway within 26 weeks
July 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Project Minister of Ports and Highway Nirmala Kotelawala said that the government has decided to pay compensation and acquire the state and private land within 26 weeks to
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ADB grants $300 million to aid Sri Lanka's push to cut fuel oil use, boost renewables
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced that it has approved a $300 million dual-tranche loan to help Sri Lanka scale up its use of clean energy and cut its reliance on costly petroleum oil for
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Minister says 40 percent of funds allocated for rural road development projects in Sri Lanka wasted
Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Transport Kumar Welgama says that about 40 percent of the funds allocated for development of rural roads are wasted. Addressing the coordinating committee of his electorate,
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World Bank lending Sri Lanka US$ 213 million to hold back next flooding in capital
The World Bank is lending Sri Lanka US$ 213 million to prevent the flooding in the country's economic capital of Colombo and increase its defenses against the natural disaster to safeguard the livelihoods