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 …
The drainage system in Weligama town is another failed project in the south that has created a health hazard and a death trap in the town with a thick population. The residents of the area said the ill-advised project that cost Rs.4.5 is an eyesore in the town and a …
So much has been said and written about the human-elephant conflict resulting in the death of hundreds of people and wild elephants alike but nothing seems to have been done to bring the situation under control. Environmentalists are of the opinion that the opening of jungles for development projects and …
The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has decided to present amendments to the existing legislation on child labour. NCPA Chairman Jagath Wellawatte said the new legislation will seek to increase the legal age of child labour recruitment from 14 to 18. Mr. Wellawatte told the Daily Mirror that children employed …
Sri Lankan Marine officials together with the Navy have taken measures to minimize the environmental damage caused by the Turkish ship that sank 8 kilometers off Foul Point in Trincomalee. Ranjith Kularatne, Chairman of the Marine Environmental Protection Authority said the sea area off Foul Point in Trincomalee has already …
Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower, Athauda Seneviratne commissioned a rural electricity supply project at Ipilagala-Batahira Gonagala in the Ruwanwella electorate recently. The cost of the project is Rs. 7 million. Those living in Batahira Gonagala, Uthuru Gonagala, Ipilagala colony and Miyankoladeniya will benefit from the new scheme. Minister Athauda …
Under the Rural Electrification Scheme, the Power and Energy Ministry has supplied electricity to Mimaduma electorate where around 1000 families live. The people in this electorate have lived 30 years without electricity facilities, the Power and Energy Ministry said. Power and Energy Minister W.D.J.Seneviratne told The Island Financial Review that …
The public was understandably shocked and dismayed at the death of a healthy twelve year old child Peshala Hashani, from a Rubella vaccination, a routine preventive health measure. Naturally there was a public outcry demanding that an inquiry be held and those responsible be punished The health administrators confused description …
The roofs of a line of houses in the Mawussawa Estate in Nuwara Eliya were blown off in a cyclone on Sunday. There was continuous rain and hail in the area, residents said. Around 40 workers of the plantation displaced as a result of the cyclone were provided with cooked …
Vehicles registered before 1975 which are often kept as exhibits and brand new vehicles do not need to go through the Vehicle Emission Testing (VET) Progamme to get the annual license, Motor Traffic Commissioner General Bandulage Wijeratne said. Addressing a press conference at the Environment and Natural Resources Ministrey yesterday …
The text of a speech delivered by Minister of Higher Education Prof. Wiswa Warnapala at the inauguration of the Research Symposium organised by the Gampaha Wickramaarachchi Ayurveda Institute on April 3, 2009. The most outstanding pioneer in the field of Ayurveda, the late G.P. Wickramaarchchi, was the illustrious founder of …
The 22nd Session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN Habitat) was held from March 30 to April 3, 2009 at the UN Habitat Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya under the theme
The electrification along the Omanthai Mankulam road had been completed at a cost of ten million rupees, a Power and Energy Ministry official said. According to the official all the three zones of the Menik Farm had been provided with electricity at cost of Rs. Six million. Further the Ceylon …
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources held a press briefing yesterday to announce the new developments and improvements with regard to the reduction of harmful emissions from vehicles in the country. Speaking at the press briefing Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Patali Champika Ranawaka said the new regulations …
Maize farmers affected by the abrupt closure of the Triposha Factory in Ja-Ela would stage a demonstration this week demanding the reopening of the factory within this week. The demonstration would be held either the opposite of the Factory premises in Ja-Ela or opposite the Health Ministry in Colombo, they …
The Central Environment Authority is formulating a program to deal with electronic waste found at State institutions as huge amounts of unused electrical and electronic equipment have piled up without being disposed of for years. The Authority
The Health Care and Nutrition Ministry will formulate a disaster management scheme to protect the hospital system as part of the World Health Day program on April 7. Health Care and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva disclosed this at the seminar held in connection with the forthcoming World Health …
The residents of Erathna area staged a protest in front of a worksite of the proposed private hydro power plant with a capacity of 6.5 kilowatts on the banks of the Kuruganga at Lassakanda. More than 200 protestors participated, accusing the contractors of the project of blasting rocks without the …
The drainage system in Weligama town is another failed project in the south that creates a health hazard and a death trap in the town with a thick population. The residents of the area said the ill advised project that cost Rs.4.5 million is an eyesore in the town and …
