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 …
Budge 2014 was tailored to benefit the people and through the allocation of Rs. 4,000 million for rural development, President Mahinda Rajapaksa had decided to focus on the development of villages, Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said. She was speaking at the inauguration of several electrification projects in the …
A Sri Lankan court today issued notice on the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), the Board of Investment (BOI) and the controversial glove maker Venigros (Pvt) Limited over allegations of water pollution by the company in the Rathupaswala area of Gampaha district. The Appellate Court issued the notice when it took …
The Agriculture Ministry will take immediate measures to address the issue of high soil phosphorus levels in vegetable cultivations specially in the up-country, Agriculture Ministry Additional Secretary (Development) Nimal Dissanayake said. Addressing a media conference held yesterday presided over by Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane, the Additional Secretary said the …
Nov 27, Colombo: The government of Japan has granted approximately Rs.282 million (Japanese Yen 220 million) to Sri Lanka as food grant assistance through the World Food Program (WFP) to support the ongoing School Meals Program in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The Ministry of Economic Development will oversee …
With the court case on the Sethusamudram project being listed to be taken up in court in India today, the government of Sri Lanka raised its concerns on it both in terms of adverse environmental impacts and the possible damage on Ram Sethu, a sacred symbol which united India and …
A solar power plant has been set up at Buruthakanda in Hambantota under a State sponsored clean energy program. The average electricity produced per day in this plant is around 23,000 KWH which will amount to 839,600 KWH of annual generation of power, according to the officials of the Power …
The Sri Lankan Hub of the Commonwealth Environmental Investment Platform [CEIP] was launched recently in Colombo. CEIP an alliance between the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Forbury Investment Network associated with the UK law firm Clarkslegal and is managed in London by Forbury. It has affiliated hubs in other countries, …
Second phase of Sri Lanka's Lakvijaya coal power plant in Norochcholai will be completed by next month, according to the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). The Norochcholai plant will add another 300 megawatts to the national grid after the second phase is commissioned next month Chairman of the …
Nov 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena says the government has taken steps to enhance the country's health sector by increasing budgetary allocations to the sector every year. The Minister told a public gathering in Kurunegala that the government has allocated Rs. 135 billion to the health sector …
Latest statistics reveal that 25% of the population in Sri Lanka is suffering from Diabetes and the figure is estimated to be doubled by 2050, the Health Ministry said yesterday. Releasing a statement to coincide with World Diabetes Day which falls today on the theme of ‘Diabetes: protect our future’ …
General Manager of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Shavindra Fernando says that a feasibility study will be carried out to establish a wind power project in the northwestern coastal town of Mannar. The proposed wind power project will generate 200 Megawatt of electricity. The feasibility study is carried out as part …
Nearly one in four people on earth live in the countries that border the Bay of Bengal. The region is strategically vital to Asia’s rising powers. Its low-lying littoral — including coastal regions of eastern India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra — is home to over half …
For years, mysterious epidemics of kidney disease have been simmering within agricultural hotspots in the developing world, from tropical El Salvador to the South Asian highlands of Sri Lanka and India. The deadly string of chronic kidney disease (CKD) outbreaks have barely made the news since it first struck farmers …
Health Committees will be set up in all state institutions and schools from January 1 to control tobacco and smoking. Forty Sri Lankans die daily from strokes and most of them had strokes due to smoking, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said. Addressing an awareness raising program for school children at …
Finlay Rentokil Ceylon, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finlays Colombo today announced that it will close its clinical waste management service unit Sterifirst. The company in a stock market disclosure announced that the board of directors of Finlays Colombo has decided to close down Sterifirst, the medical and waste disposal …
Sri Lanka Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy Susil Premajayantha announced that Sri Lanka will host the 8th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia in October 2014 in concert with the Better Air Quality Conference. Around 200 participants including delegates from 24 countries in the Asia-Pacific region are …
Sri Lanka experienced the largest epidemic of dengue fever with as many as 70,000 cases and almost 600 deaths during the years 2009 and 2010. The Health Ministry of the government of Sri Lanka, undertook measures to contain the dengue epidemic by establishing the ‘Presidential Task Force for Dengue Control’ …
Platinum 1, Colombo’s elite lifestyle destination which redefines exclusive luxury living standards achieved a major milestone with the unveiling of Sri Lanka’s first ever multi-elevated automated car park. “This is the first and one-of-its-kind car parking system in Sri Lanka,” said Kishore D. Reddy, Managing Director of Platinum 1. “This …
London : India has slipped by five places to 106th spot, way below neighbouring Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and China in the world prosperity index, largely due to poor ‘safety and security’ environment. In the ‘prosperity index’ ranking of 142 countries compiled by London-based Legatum Institute, India dropped from 101st …
Sri Lanka, recognizing the need to produce a healthy population, has formulated a plan to increase nutrition level of people. The government has observed that the country has entered a phase of rapid growth and development and therefore, the workforce has to be transformed into a productive human resource which …
