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 …
Measures are being taken by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to supply electricity for Kalumediriya Tea Colony a remote area in the Kalawana Divisional Secretariat division. Rs. 11.7 million has been set apart for this by the CEB on the initiative of W.D.J. Seneviratna Minister, of Power and Energy at …
The Supreme Court yesterday (22) granted leave to proceed with the rights petitions challenging the four new environmental conservation levies on all bulbs exceeding 40w except CFL, motor cycles and motor cars with internal combustion engine, cellular phones and television broadcasting and telephone transmissions. The Bench which comprised Chief Justice …
A large number of paddy farmers in the Gampaha, Kalutara, Matale, Kandy, Kurunegala, Matara and Hambantota districts are reported to have contracted leptospyrosis since the beginning of this year. The Health Ministry
The Government has allocated Rs. 6 billion to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources for stepping up its countrywide waste management programme aimed at a litter free Sri Lanka by 2012, Environment Ministry sources said. Pilisaru is envisioned to end the country
Highways Minister T.B. Ekanayake has funded Rs. 500,000 to reconstruct a rural road in Kurunegala, Mavidalupotha which was in a dilapidated state for the last few years. The road which had not been repaired for a long time was full of large pot-holes which turn into muddy puddles on rainy …
A programme to motivate farmers and youth to use organic fertiliser to save money on expensive non-organic fertilisers and insecticides is launched by the Agro Division of Gold Lanka company. If the farmer is to be made rich, the land should be fertile. Rich soil will yield a better harvest …
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday the volume of destruction caused by both terrorism and environmental hazards, is similar in the country. Addressing a function to mark the donation of financial aid to some selected local bodies under the Solid Waste Management Project, the Minister said …
The Government has decided to implement a new duty structure to promote the import of clean fuel vehicles from 2009 and to provide tax concessions on par with existing schemes applicable to local industries for local assembly of clean fuel vehicles with a local value addition of 25 per cent, …
Sri Lanka Cabinet approved tax reductions to all locally assembled and manufactured cleaner fuel vehicles at yesterday's Cabinet meeting. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Champika Ranawake has submitted the proposal seeking approval to implement a proposed excise duty structure to promote the importation of various types of clean fuel …
By Hemanthi Guruge The Ministry of Environment and Central Environmental Authority together with a private company has launched an environment friendly bag. Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka noted Sri Lanka has faced serious problems due to the use of polythene. The use of polythene was a strong challenge for man, …
Urban Development and Sacred Area Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardane commissioned the Niripola rural water supply scheme constructed at a cost of Rs. five million. This scheme will benefit 170 families. Minister Gunawardane said the traditional development drive has been modernised with State funds and put to good use with rural …
The Government and the World Bank signed yesterday three loan agreements providing additional financing of US$98 million for the Road Sector Assistance Project; US$43 million for the North East Housing Reconstruction Program; and US$10 million for the Education Sector Development Project, the World Bank said.
The Government of Sri Lanka has ordered the Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CSE:CTC) to increase its prices by Rs. 1 with effect this week. According to CTC sources, 4 Aces, Vice Roy, Gold Leaf, Pall Mall, Benson and Hedges, and Dunhil will be increased in price by Rs. 1.
Sri Lanka's Health Ministry today started a National Dengue Prevention Week to control the spreading of mosquito epidemics in the country. According to the Health Ministry sources this year's theme for the project is
This paper analyses the current state of regulatory law and the associated institutional framework in India applicable to some of the key infrastructure sectors. Because the system in each sector has been put in place as policies have evolved at different times, there is an uneven approach to regulation across …
CHILDREN STUNTED IN SRI LANKA: The infant mortality rate (IMR) of Sri Lanka, as per the latest demographic and health survey 2006-2007, is 15 per 1,000 live births. The IMR was 12 per 1,000 live births in 2005. In the same year, IMR in India was 56. The survey also …
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday instructed the government parliamentary group to prepare a new environmental act. A Ministerial Committee comprising the Ministers Champika Ranawaka, John Senevirathna, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Prof. G.L. Peiris and Prof. Wiswa Warnapala was appointed to draft the new act. The President addressing the government parliamentary …
The Supreme Court yesterday discharged Chief incumbent of Welikadawatte Temple, Rajagiriya Ven. Pannala Pannaloka Thera, who was earlier remanded by the Court till September 15, as he had failed to appear before the court on Monday 01, on charges of violating the Supreme Court order on the Noise Pollution. The …
Rat Fever (Leptospirosis) has claimed 118 lives in the last eight months while 3,960 patients have been reported. This is an alarming increase in patients with rat fever in the country. Only 34 deaths were reported in 2007 due to rat fever and the number of reported cases were 2,195, …
