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 …
At least 100 people feared dead in a devastating landslide triggered by rains that struck the homes of Indian-origin plantation workers in central Sri Lanka, prompting the deployment of the army for rescue operations. Disaster relief officials said some 8 dead bodies have been recovered at Haldummulla in the central …
A loan agreement was signed by the Government of Sri Lanka with the French Development Agency (FDA) recently to obtain a loan of US$ 70 million (approximately Rs. 9,000 million) to finance the implementation of Ambatale Water Supply System Improvement and Energy Saving Project. A series of projects have been …
Oct 09, Colombo: The Australian High Commission in Colombo recently handed over 44 newly built toilets to beneficiaries in resettled villages in Manthai West, Mannar. The High Commission has to-date built 160 toilets in Manthai West for resettled villages in both Tamil and Muslim areas at a total value of …
Chief Minister of Northwestern Province Dayasiri Jayasekera said that 216 schools in his province were without water. Jayasekera, who is also the Education Minister of the Province, said that students faced numerous problems without water not only for drinking but for sanitary needs as well. The Chief Minister said students …
Of the 60,000 Sri Lankans that die from Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) annually, around 15,000 die of cancer. This is not a healthy trend for the country, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said. Minister Sirisena said that a total of Rs. 1251.1 million had been spent to purchase high tech modern …
Oct 06, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is planning to set up country's first ever Special Agricultural Zones (SAZs) next year. The Special Agricultural Zones, covering 3,000 acres, are to be set up in the three districts of the Eastern Province, the Government Media Unit said. These special zones will …
Samples of decorative paint with excessive lead content would be sent to Italy for testing shortly, Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) Executive Director Hemantha Withanage said He said more samples would be collected from traders and manufacturers in a bid to make Sri Lanka a lead free nation. "We have …
Finance and Planning Ministry Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera and AFD Regional Director for South East Asia Ms Aude Flogny- Catrisse at the agreement signing ceremony at the Finance and Planning Ministry. French Ambassador in Sri Lanka Jean Paul Monchau was also present. A loan agreement was signed by the Government …
The Sri Lanka Climate Resilience Program to reduce the vulnerability of exposing people to climate risk and to improve the government's capacity to response effectively to hydro meteorological disasters was launched at the BMICH last week. The project costing US $ 110 million is conducted with 100 percent funding from …
Daily rainfall totals are analyzed for the main agro-climatic zones of Sri Lanka for the period 1976–2006. The emphasis is on daily rainfall rather than on longer-period totals, in particular the number of daily falls exceeding given threshold totals. For one station (Mapalana), where a complete daily series is available …
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 the meeting extended Sri Lanka's support to the Clinton Global Initiative's Elephant Action Network that works toward the …
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 dangers posed by the climate change. Addressing the world leaders at the U.N. Climate Summit today in …
The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) is calling applications from Sri Lankan Hotels to compete in the annual 'Green Hotels' competition, organised by the Association to recognise the sustainability practices adopted by those hotel firms. This will be a continuation of a very successful greening hotel award scheme initiated …
A minor tremor measuring 2.1 Richter scale was reported from Athimale, Siyambalanduwa in Monaragala this morning, Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) said. The Bureau told Daily Mirror Online that no damages were reported so far and an officer of the Disaster Management Centre has been sent to the area …
Providing further clarification on the recently published article in The Island of September 15,titled ‘Govt. restricts import of fertilizer containing heavy metals’, Indika Gunawardhana, Divisional Director, CIC Holdings PLC said, "CIC Holdings receives approval for all chemical pesticides distributed by the company, directly from the Registrar of Pesticides (ROP) and …
Sri Lanka's hunger for infrastructure and new market growth points has attracted an increasing number of Chinese enterprises to invest money and resources over the past five years to gain a larger foothold in a rapidly developing market. After the prolonged civil war ended in 2009, Sri Lanka has been …
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 of Economic Development distributes Rs. 2,500 as drought relief to the people in the districts severely hit by the …
The government on the recommendation of the CKD Research Team will cut down on 24 per cent of the Rs. 20 billion annual imports of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) which contains heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury, uranium, lead and arsenic. Sri Lanka has been importing 100,000 MT of TSP …
The government will launch a mega scale purified water supply project at a cost of Rs. 5.4 billion to address the long felt need of the people in the Moneragala district, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Every household, approximately 70,000 housing units from Buttala to Madulla will be served under this …
The 52nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in response to a call for action of the Minister of Health of El Salvador, recognized chronic kidney disease from nontraditional causes (CKDnT) affecting agricultural communities in Central America as a serious public health problem that requires urgent, effective, …
