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 Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry is investigating public complaints regarding contaminated bottled drinking water, Public Health Services Deputy Director General Dr. Palitha Maheepala said. Dr. Maheepala said the Ministry has taken 52 samples of bottled drinking water to conduct tests and arrangements have been made to obtain samples from the …
The most complete survey yet of the genes which go wrong when lung cancer takes hold has been carried out by US researchers. The findings, which doubled the number of genes linked to a common form of the disease, will guide researchers in the hunt for new treatments. A UK …
The Oscars of the travel world, the World Travel Awards has put Sri Lanka on the global map by naming KumbukRiver as the World's Leading Eco-Lodge. The eco resort in Buttala won the coveted title over many leading eco destinations worldwide, bringing international focus on to Sri Lanka's rich heritage. …
The world is still trying hard to over come the double crisis of sky rocketing energy prices, as well as the increasing costs and fears of food shortages. Some of the options being proposed and tried out in some countries, by converting food grains into bio fuels is being blamed …
The Water Supply and Drainage Ministry has taken moves to supply drinking water, toilets and other essential sanitation facilities to schools, Ministry Secretary Asoka Pieris said. He said 800 schools have been found without these essential facilities and only 2,000 schools have drinking water facilities. He said due to the …
The current weather condition which has displaced nearly 35000 and cost one death, would end in a few more days, Meteorology Department predicted yesterday. However, people are advised to take precautionary measures to minimize possible disasters caused by the north east monsoon rains expected to commence in the first week …
Sri Lankan health officials warned today that epidemic diseases could spread as the rains and floods continue to drown the country. Director of the Epidemic Disease Centre of the Health Ministry Dr. Prabha Palihawadana said diseases which spread through the mosquitoes have been reported from some parts of the country. …
The Fauna and Flora Protection Bill, which is aimed at amending the Fauna and Flora Ordinance to give a greater protection to the flora and fauna in the country was passed in Parliament yesterday. Under the Bill several species of mammals including slender loris (Una Hapuluwas), sloth bear, grey flying …
South Asian economies could benefit hugely if they unlocked their energy potential, especially plentiful hydro-electricity in Nepal and Bhutan, Bangladeshi business leaders told a regional meeting on Sunday. But the politics of mistrust in the region and internal inefficiencies in some member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional …
Some official of the Tambuttegama Agricultural Research Centre in Anuradahapura are alleged to have collected over Rs 5 million from farmers in the area, on the promise of supplying fertilizer at subsidised prices, but had failed to supply the fertilizer nor given receipts for the monies collected. Investigations conducted by …
Authorities said yesterday that the samples of five popular milk powder brands which came under the microscope in Singapore for possible contamination of melamine had come clean. While identifying the five brands as Kotmale, Maliban, Nespray, Anchor and Diamond, Minister Bandula Gunewardene who is incharge of Trade, Marketing Development, Cooperatives …
Nearly 60 million women will give birth without any medical assistance this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday in a report calling for an overhaul of how health care is financed and managed globally. The United Nations agency said in its annual World Health Report that the …
The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry has organised an islandwide initiative to plant 100,000 saplings to mark World Tree Planting Month which begins today. Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday in a message underscored the importance of continuing to protect Mother Nature as the survival of human …
In an eco-friendly measure against the environmental hazard caused by polythene wrappers, Sri Lanka has evolved a technique to prepare food wrappers from banana leaves. The Sri Lankan Agriculture Ministry has claimed that it has perfected in the technology for making available the all pervading aromatic
PASHMINA is Kashmiri: India granted, on September 12, the Geographical Indicat-ion (GI) status to Pashmina yarn, produced in th Kashmir valley by Tahfuz (a body of all Kashmiri handicraft artisans). Islamabad filed an objection claiming that the fine wool is also produced in Pakistan. A consultative committee of the Geographical …
The Hadabima Authority has initiated a number of special agricultural projects and the Agriculture and Agrarian Services Ministry has released the required funds to the authority to go ahead with the projects. The Hadabima Authority has formulated a plan for rain water harvesting project, sales promotional campaigns of agricultural products, …
Rs. 59 million has been allocated by the Central Provincial Council for the improvement of electricity supply and to complete existing works in the rural areas of the Central Province. This will benefit 5,998 families living in the rural areas of the Central Province, said Secretary to the Central Province …
Referring to yesterday's Daily News report headlined 'Is it the end of World's End? a spokeswoman for the Environment Ministry said, development projects were carried out at Horton Plains covering the World's End area in an environment friendly manner to stop soil erosion during rainy days. The spokeswoman said the …
Government of Sri Lanka reportedly has taken over 1,000 hectares of land to be used for its development agenda. According to sources, these lands acquired by the government will be used for development programs of Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Highways and Road Development, Ministry of Local Government and Provincial …
Colombo Additional Magistrate, Manjula Thilakarathne has ordered Edna Chocolates (Ceylon) Ltd. to stop production, sales, and export of Edna chocolates due to the usage of milk powder contaminated with melamine. Consumer Affairs Authority of Sri Lanka, bringing to the notice of the Colombo Additional Magistrate has proved that Edna chocolates …
