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 …
Irrigation and Water Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva in discussion with the Israel delegation. Picture by Uditha Kosta Horticulture exhibition, sale Batticaloa town developed Batticaloa Group Corr The Batticaloa town is being developed and modernized at a cost of Rs 102 million under a program launched under the guidance …
The importation of second hand air conditioners and refrigerators will be prohibited shortly to prevent ozone depleting substances entering the country, National Ozone Unit (NOU) Director G.M.J.K. Gunawardena said. He was addressing a media workshop organised by the NOU of the Environment and Renewable Energy Ministry in Kanneliya parallel to …
Sri Lanka has obtained a state of the art tunnel boring machine for the construction of the Uma Oya project, Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva says, The minister said machine would be used to bore a long tunnel to divert the Uma Oya water. He …
The proposals of the Montreal Protocol to phase out ozone depleting substances have been implemented with greater success in Sri Lanka, Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha said. He said disposing of refrigerators and air conditioners that release ozone depleting substances including Hydro Chloro Fluoro Carbon (HCFC) is in …
The Government has taken steps to build a road network connecting 36,000 villages belonging to 14,009 Grama Seva divisions in the country, since 80 percent of the population live in rural and plantation areas, according to Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa launching the bridge building …
Sri Lanka is negotiating a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with India. This was disclosed by Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam here on Sunday. "Yes, we are negotiating a nuclear agreement with India. The talks are at a preliminary stage," he told reporters in the presence of External …
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) will soon lose its ‘Green’ rating, when the Treasury introduces the `Green Procurement System’. However, the country is not geared to go for Light-emitting diode (LED) soon due to the cost factor, says policy advocacy head Hemantha Withanage. Executive Director of the Centre for Environment Justice …
Wildlife Department officials are finding it hard to conduct raids against illegal gem miners, in three national parks, as the culprits had claimed they were operating with the blessings of Wildlife Resources and Conservation Management Minister Vijith Wijithamuni de Zoysa. Officials, who fear the influence of the minister in charge …
The Treasury will allocate Rs. 150 billion for the health budget in 2014, a Health Ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said a special discussion was held between Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. P.B.Jayasundara and Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena last week in connection with the health budget 2014. Health Ministry were also …
Finance and Planning Ministry Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera and World Bank IDA Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives Francoise Michele Clottes signing the SHSDP Financial Agreement. Sri Lanka reports better health indicators than most developing countries and many lower middle-income nations. The remarkable achievements are based on our health …
Sri Lankan authorities today denied media reports that oil is leaking from a barge anchored at the Galle Harbor in the south. Sri Lanka media reported that an oil leak is suspected of taking place from an anchored barge that is reportedly sinking at the Galle Harbor. However, Sri Lanka …
Recognizing Sri Lanka's need to meet the public health demands and challenges and government's efforts to improve health sector, the World Bank has granted a US$ 200 million loan to support the country's overall health sector development. The World Bank loan will provide partial support to Sri Lanka's five-year Second …
In view of the shutdown of the Norochcholai coal-fired power plant on Wednesday for its annual maintenance, the CEB has decided to reactivate 300MW Kerawalapitiya Combined Cycle Thermal Power Plant. The CEB’s top management has ordered its Dispatch Division to give the green light for reactivating the Kerawalapitiya plant from …
The Environment Ministry required the support of Government and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to eliminate ozone depleting substances (ODS) in the atmosphere, Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha said. Addressing a workshop, organised by the National Ozone Unit (NOU) and Sri Lanka Customs, to introduce new Customs symbols, last Friday …
Bank of Ceylon ventured into the fisheries sector 38 years ago, in 1975, and contributed to the development of this sector. The Bank also successfully implemented 26 loan schemes to enhance the fisheries community in the country. At the beginning the fisheries sector was considered as a non bankable group …
Environmental groups and activists in Sri Lanka plan to commence an awareness campaign about factories that cause environmental pollution across the country. President of the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) and Attorney-at-law, Ravindranath Dabare told a news conference that inefficiencies of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) and the police in …
Pakistan’s Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali is participating in the 2nd International Water Cooperation Conference, organized by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage, which began on Aug.15 and ends today (19), in the historic city of Anuradhapura a press release issued by …
The WHO office in Sri Lanka has published a scientific research journal on chronic kidney disease in the North Central Province and suburbs in Sri Lanka. The journal is based on research conducted during the last 15 years, a Health Ministry spokesman said. According to the spokesman, WHO has made …
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will provide financial assistance for two major agriculture projects in Sri Lanka. At a discussion between Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane and FAO Country Representative Bath S. Crowfoy, FAO representatives agreed to provide assistance for two projects for the establishment …
In the wake of the newest pollution map of the Indian Ocean, showing an ugly halo of pollution around Sri Lanka, the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) yesterday stressed that it had not as yet conducted proper studies to assess the marine pollution situation here. EPA’s Manager of Operations Jagath …
