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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US NGO-triggered protests holding-up India’s energy plans - Indian PM
American NGOs fund the protests that hold India back from building the nuclear reactors it needs to meet fast-growing energy needs, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in an interview published in Science
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A massive multi-functional project for Deduru Oya
The Deduru Oya is the sixth largest river in Sri Lanka which is about 142 km in length and has a water resource area of about 2,420 km. The objective of the project was to prevent about 1,000 billion sq.
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Northern cultivation boom brings bumper paddy harvest
The government expects a bumper harvest of nearly 1.5 million metric tonnes of paddy from cultivation areas during this Maha season. Co-operatives and Internal Trade Ministry Secretary Sunil S Sirisena
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Palmyrah palms to solve human-elephant conflict
A sustainable solution has been found for the human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka by Practical Action, said Practical Action Sri Lanka Team Leader Ranasinghe Perera, addressing a press conference yesterday
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National Research Institute on Typhus Fever to be established
The Health Ministry will set up the National Research Institute on Typhus Fever and Leishmaniasis in Hambantota. Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena has already instructed health officials to set up
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Camera trapping used for first time in tiger census
Camera trapping method has been used for the first time in the ongoing tiger census in the Namdapha National Park in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. “This is the first time the camera trapping
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Rs 2,000 m to develop Northern fishing sector
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry spent Rs 2,000 million last year to develop the fishing sector in the Northern province, Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said. "There is a massive
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CIC introduces high yield paddy variety
For the first time a private company, CIC Agri after many years of research, has produced a high yielding paddy seed (white) at their Pelwehera tissue culture laboratory. CIC Crops and Livestock Director/CEO
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Greening Hotels project helps SME hotel install sewage treatment plant
The European Union funded SWITCH-Asia Greening Sri Lanka Hotels project, implemented by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had been in operation since 2009 and has successfully engaged 170 hotels throughout
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New authority relating to expressways, to be established
The government would establish an authority named 'Expressway Development Authority' to deal with the activities related to expressways, Port and Highways Deputy Minister Nirmala Kothalawala said in Parliament