Sri Lanka

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa has appointed a committee headed by Deputy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya to examine measures to curb human elephant conflict and its report would be handed over to the Economic Development Minister in two weeks time, Deputy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said to the Daily News yesterday. The committee will recommend short, medium and long term

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The Sri Lankan government is to revamp the water supply and drainage system in parts of the capital Colombo at a cost of nearly 1.1 billion rupees with the financial support from the government of Japan. The Cabinet Wednesday approved a proposal from the Minister of Water Supply and Drainage Dinesh Gunawardena to award the tender to supply necessary items required for the Rehabilitation of the

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S Raja | ENS THE Sri Lankan fishermen fear that the Indian method will destroy the fishing industry in the island nation, said Sooriya Kumaran, president of the Sri Lankan Fisher men Committee, at Rameswaram on Tuesday. Sooriya Kumaran, speaking at a meeting with Rameswaram fishermen, pointed out that the Lankan fishermen were bound by rules imposed by their federations and have not used ba

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The National Power Generation plan had been shifted to renewable power sources from coal power to face the future power crisis, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. The Sampur coal power project, with the capacity to produce 500 MW would be the last which is scheduled to be completed by 2014 and no more coal power projects will be planned in the future, he added.

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S M Arun | ENS Thoothukudi, July 8 WHILE the proposed Indo-Sri Lanka ferry service between Thoothukudi-Colombo and Rameswaram-Talaimannar was given increased importance in terms of business and tourism related activities, the environmental aspect had taken a backseat, according to marine biologists and environmentalists.

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A bouquet of pacts, including one on deep-sea power cables and another on a rehabilitation centre for Tamil widows, between India and Sri Lanka is likely to be announced when President Mahinda Rajapaksa meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House on Wednesday.

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Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena will launch a public health counseling service. This will be Sri Lanka for the first time. The public can seek the service by dialing 1948 from their telephones or mobile phones free.

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Child malnutrition is considerably high in the North and East Provinces and has reached 46 percent out of a national average of 29 percent, a Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) revealed.

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The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry has decided to use locally produced Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) bacteria as a subsidiary to curb the dengue mosquito larvae, Ministry sources said. This will be used till the Cuban BTI bacteria arrives in the island.

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