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 …
Around 300 private hospitals throughout the country are required to obtain Environment protection licences before the December 31 this year. Private hospitals are alleged to have been dumping their waste at Bloemendhal and other dumping sites causing major environmental pollution, the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry said. Environment and Natural …
The Regional Summit of the National Authorities and Parliamentarians in Asia on the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention will be held in Sri Lanka this year with the participation of 30 countries in the region. The authorities are due to meet at the Colombo Hilton for the summit …
The Government has made arrangements to expedite work on a new power supply project for the Ratnapura District at a cost of Rs. 4,500 million. Upon completion of the project within 2009, all families in the district will have access to electricity. This project was initiated under the Electricity for …
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka yesterday said air pollution is estimated to be responsible for about half a million pre mature deaths every year in the Asian and Western Pacific region. The minister was speaking at the 5th regional stakeholders cum regional coordination meeting of the Mal
The Sri Lankan government stated that it is their objective to conserve the environment for the future generations. Speaking at a press conference held today in Colombo, Minister of Environment, Patali Champika Ranawaka said the government has already launched several projects for the protection of the environment. The government has …
Drinking water supply and sanitation projects in Anuradhapura district implemented by the Urban Development and Sacred Area Development Ministry at a cost of Rs.500 million are progressing, Minister Dinesh Gunawardane said. He said the project implemented with the participation of 90 community based organisations will be completed in three phases …
the Environment Conservation Levy Act introduced this month proposes to impose taxes on mobile phones, transmission towers, electrical bulbs excluding CFL bulbs and certain motor vehicles. The Govt. hopes to collect between Rs.500-600mn from this levy. The Environment Ministry has also assured that this money will not be misused. The …
If the government had not completed the 300 MW Kerawalapitiya electricity generation plant by 2008, Sri Lanka would have experienced a major power crisis with constant power cuts by 2009. The cost of the plant is around US $ 300 million and the government assures that there would be no …
If the government had not completed the 300 MW Kerawalapitiya electricity generation plant by 2008, Sri Lanka would have experienced a major power crisis with constant power cuts by 2009. The cost of the plant is around US $ 300 million and the government assures that there would be no …
A few die at childbirth, most go to primary school and almost all are vaccinated at the right time, but the sizeable number of Sri Lankan children are stunted, wasted and underweight for their age and are a cause for concern, according to nutritional authorities. Recently published government statistics show …
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today launched the World Bank funded project to improve the operational efficiency of some 80 ageing dams and to establish sustainable institutional arrangements for safety management and operations and maintenance of major dams in Sri Lanka in Polonnaruwa today. World Bank has approved a US$65.33 …
Almost thirty percent of the vehicles that come to Colombo on week days are those used by public servants and most have drivers too, costing around 150,000 monthly for fuel and salary for each vehicle. It could be more cost effective and ease traffic congestion if public servants are paid …
An elephant orphanage hits upon a simple solution to a messy problem Pachyderms in a playful mood at Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage. PINNAWELA (Sri Lanka): For keepers and mahouts alike, it was always a messy problem that defied solution. We are talking about the roughly 180 kg of waste an adult …
Government of Japan recently donated US $ 87,651 (approximately 9.34 million rupees) to the "Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Sharamadana Sangamaya Inc.,' to secure food supply to the resettled internally displaced families in the Batticaloa District. A statement issued by the Japanese Embassy in Colombo said the funds released to the non …
The Central Provincial Council has got an allocation of Rs. 50 million for development of 63 minor irrigation schemes, said the Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake. He said several minor irrigation tanks in the Central Province have escaped the attention of the authorities resulting a big threat to the agricultural activities …
The number of HIV cases detected in Sri Lanka is 996 while mother to child contacts remain at 31. Specialist medical officer of HIV/sex related diseases prevention programme, Mrs. Sriya Kanthi Benaragama said that among the patients 410 were females and 563 males. Regular awareness programmes were conducted islandwide in …
The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) will implement a countrywide programme to upgrade the psychological and educational development of tsunami affected children. The main objective is assisting tsunami affected children to grow up as normal citizens in a healthy environment. The guardianship of all tsunami affected children have been granted …
Going by the Mahinda Chinthana policies under which one is the upliftment of the rural sector enterprises, the Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) launched a programme to introduce its Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) scheme to the village level small and medium …
