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
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
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Urban transport Master Plan for Colombo
The Transport Ministry in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has commenced a technical cooperation project to conduct a comprehensive study and formulate an urban transport
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First air cleaning hoarding
Asia’s first mechanical air cleaning hoarding, a billboard that actually filters certain harmful contents from the surrounding air, purifies the air and releases the purified air back into the environment,
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Dengue deaths rise to 55
Dengue has claimed 55 lives. Nearly 1,500 dengue cases had been reported from all parts of the country during the past five months. The public should be vigilant about dengue mosquito breeding sites common
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Seventeen national forest reserves declared
Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa granted approval to declare 17 jungles in seven districts as national forest reserves through a gazette notification as per the provisions of the Wildlife
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US AIDS relief program saved 740,000 lives
A US aid program aimed at helping foreign countries battle the AIDS epidemic saved 740,000 lives from 2004-2008, according to a US study published Tuesday. The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS
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Special Task Force for respiratory disease prevention
The Health Ministry has identified the importance of establishing a Special Task Force for the prevention of respiratory diseases Deputy Health Minister Lalith Dissanayake said yesterday . He said that
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Ivory demand could see African elephant wiped out
A soaring demand for ivory in China and the Far East is putting Africa's elephant population under strain and could see the creatures wiped out altogether by poachers in some countries, conservationists
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Infection causes one in six new cancer cases
Largely preventable or treatable infections with viruses, bacteria and parasites cause about two million new cancer cases and 1.5 million cancer deaths each year, said a study published yesterday. This
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Action plan to cope with Climate Change
The Environment Ministry will prepare a national Climate Change adaptation action plan for Sri Lanka, based on the National Climate Change Policy and National Adaptation Strategy, Environment Minister
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Cardamom removed from Knuckles forest reserve
The cardamom cultivation which was a major threat to the Knuckles forest reserve has been removed to a greater extent and forest lands belonging to the Lands Reforms Commission will be vested with the