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 …
Although the overall unemployment rate had gone down to 4.2 percent in 2011 the incidence of unemployment among the educated young men and women remain significantly high, Human Resources Senior Minister D.E.W Gunasekera said yesterday. Addressing a media briefing held at the Government Information Department to introduce the National Human …
There is a significant increase in electronic waste (e-waste) in Sri Lanka during the past one and half decades due to the increase of the use of hi-tech products, Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha said. Addressing the inauguration of the Electronic Waste Management Week at Mihilaka Medura, BMICH, …
NDB joined hands with the Sri Lanka Water Partnershipto improve water supply and sanitation facilities in rural schools; thereby improving access to education and promoting good health of students and teachers. The pilot project was launched in 2013, initiating rain water harvesting systems for purposes of maintaining hygiene in two …
Sri Lanka's Central Environmental Authority (CEA), as the regulatory arm for the environmental management in the country has declared the week beginning from tomorrow as a National Electronic Waste Management Week. Central Environmental Authority declared the week from 27th May to 2nd June 2014 for the "National Waste Electrical and …
Patients believed to be infected with Dengue, had been admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in large numbers, hospital sources said. They said child patients were common among patients with fever and two of the children’s wards had been filled with them. The Deputy Director of the Hospital, Dr. …
The villagers of Nawimana protested demanding the immediate closure of the Yakduwawatta compost processing plant and prevented the Matara Pradeshiya Sabha from bringing garbage to the premises on May 20. The compost plant which handled three tractor loads of garbage at the inception five years ago, was understaffed as eight …
The Sri Lankan government formalised its commitment to host and support the Integrated Conference of Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2014 and Intergovernmental eighth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia that will be held in Colombo in November. Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha and Transport Deputy Minister …
The Sri Lankan government has allocated Rs. 300 million for the farmers to cultivate additional crops, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has said. The farmers, who were unable to cultivate paddy due to water shortage brought about by drought conditions, are encouraged to cultivate additional crops which require less water, …
LAUGFS Eco Sri recently opened a new emission test centre in Borella, recently. Laugfs Eco Sri has around 100 fixed centres and 124 mobile locations island wide providing motorists with convenient, efficient facilities to obtain their certificate along with friendly customer service. Over the last decade, air pollution has increasingly …
Sampath Bank’s commitment to the preservation of the environment was further enhanced recently with ‘Green Awards 2013’ when five Eco Teams within the Bank were recognized for their outstanding contribution towards environment protection and conservation which is one of the five pillars of ‘5E’ structure of Sampath Bank’s CSR initiatives. …
The North Western Provincial Council will erect a 155 km electric fence as a solution to the human-elephant conflict dragging on for a number of years. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 85 million. This was revealed at the monthly meeting of the Kurunegala District Development Committee held …
The Imaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha members requested the help of residents and officials to make Imaduwa a dengue free area. Imaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman A.V. Sarath Kumara said although dengue fever was spreading in some parts of the country, it had been controlled in the Imaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha. “No dengue death …
Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) yesterday stressed that it was unclear as to which size of the Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs) was to be used under the precedence of authority, as the Parliament had unanimously approved covering 80 percent with PHWs, and the Court of Appeal had delivered a …
The Centre for Environmental and Nature Studies (CENS) yesterday alleges that there is a sinister plan to sell the country’s water resources to multinational companies and the government has already planned to draw around US $110 million loan from the World Bank for the purpose. Environmentalist and National Coordinator of …
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the officials in charge of the country's water supply to establish and an advanced water supply network in the entire country. President Rajapaksa issued these instructions during a discussion held at Temple Trees this morning with the officials of the Ministry of Water …
The ceremony to present 2014 National Green Awards for sectors promoting greener environment was held Monday at the BMICH in Colombo under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The award is organized by the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka under the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy. The project …
Sri Lanka's Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it has officially lifted the ban on glyphosate with the Registrar of Pesticides as no justifiable reason has been found to impose a ban. Sri Lanka in March this year banned the sale of Monsanto's "Round Up" glyphosate weedicide after a study …
Four leading environmental associations today charged that Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen had illegally cleared 18,000 acres of forest land belonging to leading wildlife parks in three districts. The Center for Environmental justice, the Environment Conservation Trust, the Sri Lanka Environment Congress and the Buddhist Collective for Nature said …
The Court of Appeal approved graphic health warnings covering 50 to 60 percent of cigarette packets after the Tobacco Company challenged the Health Ministry's 2012 gazette notification, a ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said the Court of Appeal had dismissed a writ application filed by the company and allowed graphic …
The iconic World Trade Centre, Colombo (WTC) is now a ‘True High Performance Green’ Building as it was bestowed with the Gold Certification of Green Rating System from Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL). Another momentous achievement was WTC being the first to receive the Green Certification under ‘Existing …
