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 Sri Lankan government has received a US$ 116.63 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to rehabilitate around 10 kilometers of sewer Lines in the greater Colombo area. The Greater Colombo Waste Water Management Project, funded by the ADB will rehabilitate selected 10 km of sewer lines and …
Rainforest Protectors of Sri Lanka (RPSL-RainforestProtectors.org) successfully completed a trash cleanup project at Yagirala Rainforest on Saturday April 26, 2014 to celebrate Earth Day which fell on April 22. Yagirala is a 2,000 hectare Rainforest situated in Kalutara district and is home to a Buddhist forest monastery perched on a …
The Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka has issued a landslide warning to several districts in the country. The Centre has requested residents in the Kegalle, Ratnapura and the Matale Districts to be vigilant of possible landslides if heavy showers continue in these areas. Meanwhile, the Department of Meteorology has …
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Power and Energy has initiated a program to grant concessionary loans to the low income groups to electrify their households. Under the program, the low income families in rural areas will be given a maximum loan of 40,000 rupees to obtain electricity facilities. They can use …
A day before India Meteorological Department (IMD) releases its official forecast for the southwest monsoon this year, a forum of weather experts on Wednesday said monsoon rains over broad areas of south Asia, including India, were likely to be below-normal, owing to the impact of the El Niño weather phenomenon. …
Pune : The consensus outlook for the summer monsoon season (June-September), developed in the fifth session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF-5), indicates below-normal to normal rainfall over South Asia as a whole. "Below-normal rainfall is likely over broad areas of western, central and south-western parts of the …
Researchers say the fruit grown could be a replacement for staple crops under threat from climate change. It’s big and bumpy with a gooey interior and a powerful smell of decay — but it could help keep millions of people from hunger. Researchers say jackfruit — a large ungainly fruit …
The Sri Lankan government has taken measures to increase the country's forest cover to 35 percent by the year 2020. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Energy Development has said that steps have been taken to expand cultivation of forest in all districts. According to the UNDP, Sri Lanka has …
Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) today seized 37,000 bottles of water from a bottling plant of a popular brand of drinking water in Dalugama after it was found that the the water contained some kind of a chemical. CAA officer, who led the raid, said the bottled water had an odor …
Around 90 houses had been damaged due to a storm that struck Wilgamuwa last Friday evening, Assist Director, Disaster Management Unit, Matale Chaminda Samaraweera said yesterday. He said that five houses were fully damaged and 85 were partially damaged. They belonged to 90 families in seven Grama Niladhari Divisions, he …
The heavy rain accompanied by gale force winds have damaged around 170 houses in Anuradhapura from April 5 to 19 , according to Anuradhapura District Disaster Management authorities. The sources said 18 houses in Thiruppane and 20 houses in Nuwarangama Palatha (East) were damaged due to the bad weather on …
Sri Lanka's Central Bank has sounded a note of caution and over the rising burden of renewable power on consumers as the proportion of non-conventional renewable power (NCRE) increases in the grid. "Although the country is keen on including more renewable energy to its total generation plan due to its …
The Tokyo Cement Group switched on their second Biomass power plant on April 5th to supply the largely rural region of Mahiyanganaya with 5MW of clean and constant energy. This Rs. 2.4 billion plant by Tokyo Power, the energy arm of the nation’s leading cement and concrete manufacturer, Tokyo Cement …
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had appointed a special committee to protect the farmers affected by drought. The committee comprises senior Cabinet ministers. Farmers in several districts were without adequate water for their cultivations, especially paddy and the President had appointed the committee to look after …
Poor quality medicines threaten the lives of millions of patients and are alarmingly common in many parts of the world. Nevertheless, the global extent of the problem remains unknown. Accurate estimates of the epidemiology of poor quality medicines are sparse and are influenced by sampling methodology and diverse chemical analysis …
South Asia needs up to $2.5 trillion of investment in infrastructure by 2020 if the region is to make further gains in battling poverty and provide for its growing population, the World Bank said on Wednesday. Despite boasting similar economic growth rates to East Asia, the region lags significantly in …
Sri Lanka Customs yesterday set a record by busting a huge international Rosewood smuggling operation. They detected 420 MT of the rare timber meant for transshipment. The detection is said to be the largest ever made by any border agency against international Rosewood smuggling. Director General of Customs Jagath Wijeweera …
Over 1,000 kidney patients have been reported in the Moneragala district, sources said. The majority of the patients have been reported from Buttala and Wellawaya, they said. Meanwhile, residents said there are over 400 kidney patients in Buttala and Pelwatta residential colonies while in Lindarawa, 21 patients have died of …
The Olive Ridley Project was initiated in response to large numbers of olive ridleys turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) found entangled in fishing nets in the Maldives. This species of sea turtle is rarely observed in the Maldives; however, since 2011 marine biologists, dive masters and boat captains have recorded 47 olive …
Plans are afoot to provide a permanent solution to the acute shortage of drinking water in the Anuradhapura district by accelerating the construction of water supply schemes such as Anuradhapura North, Anuradhapura South, Maha Wilachchiya, Galenbindunuwewa, Thambuttegama, Pallugaswewa and Eppawala. These will be carried out by the Water Supply and …
