Fire destroys 35 acres of forest land
Around 35 acres of forest was destroyed on Saturday in a fire that erupted in the protected areas of the Castlereagh reservoir and Devon Falls. Police suspect that the fire has been deliberately caused
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Carbon efficiency failing to fight warming - study
US: A surge in carbon emissions from power demand in the developing world is overwhelming progress by nations including China and the United States in improving efficiency, new research shows. Seeking
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Global natural disasters affected over 206 m people last year - Nandy
According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, in 2011 alone, 302 hazards resulted in disasters that claimed almost 30,000 lives, affected over 206 million people and inflicted damage
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President opens Rs 180m Thantirimale water scheme
President Mahinda Rajapaksa commissioned the Thantirimale water supply scheme on Thursday. The water plant constructed at a cost of Rs 180 million caters to the Thantirimale Sacred City, surrounding
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President orders halt to flora and fauna destruction
President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered the relevant officials to take immediate measures to protect wildlife and halt timber rackets. The President was addressing the Badulla District Special Development
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WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease
Cambodia: Health experts working to identify an illness that has killed dozens of children in Cambodia found a link to a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease, the UN health agency said Monday.
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Ruhunupura water supply scheme launched
The Ruhunupura water supply scheme which was launched in Hambantota, will provide water to residents of Ambalantota, Hambantota in the Suriyawewa DS areas and commercial and industrial ventures, the Maththala
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Over 6,900 m for road development
On the advice of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the government has allocated Rs.6,995.54 million for the development of roads running across Puttalama and Kurunegala districts in the Wayamba Province.
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Sri Lanka has least number of underweight children in South Asia
Of all South Asian nations, Sri Lanka has the lowest number of underweight and stunted children, World Bank’s South Asia Region Human Development Unit’s senior nutrition specialist Nkosinathi Mbuya said.
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SL, most carbon efficient country in GDP terms
Power and Energy Minister Patali Chamipka Ranawaka yesterday said Sri Lanka is the most carbon efficient country in GDP terms as the amount of Carbon produced here is very much less in every respect.
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SL's first ever sanitary landfill site comes up in Dompe
Sri Lanka's first ever sanitary landfill site being constructed in Maligawatte, Dompe has completed the first phase. It will be the first integrated solution to the solid waste management in Sri Lanka