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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Self employment for 30,000
Labour Relations and Manpower Minister Athauda Seneviratne said they hope to start 30,000 self employment projects in Sri Lanka before the end of this year. He said their purpose of starting this project is to reduce unemployment. A session of the Micro financial credit program was held at the People's Bank auditorium, Kandy.
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Food poisoning in Trinco
A bakery located in Kings Road, Trincomalee has been sealed following a report of the death of an old man and the hospitalizing of 148 others including schoolchildren after consuming buns and other bakery products. Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunaskera said Selvaraja Dhuraisingham (62) died possibly from food poisoning after admission to the Trincomalee hospital.
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Human-elephant conflict intense
Wild elephants infiltrating from Lunugamvehera National Park to Kataragama area is frequently resulting in human-elephant conflicts. The Lunugamvehera National Park authorities say this is due to damaged section of the electricity fence at Wilamba Wewa area where there is a conflict between the authorities and farmers over a tank a paddy fields inside the national park.
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Human-elephant conflict intense
Wild elephants infiltrating from Lunugamvehera National Park to Kataragama area is frequently resulting in human-elephant conflicts. The Lunugamvehera National Park authorities say this is due to damaged section of the electricity fence at Wilamba Wewa area where there is a conflict between the authorities and farmers over a tank a paddy fields inside the national park.
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President orders halt to second phase of Baseline road project
Considering the inconvenience caused to the residents of the area, President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday ordered the relevant officials to stop the construction of the 7.5 km stretch of the roadway between Kirulapone and Ratmalana Maliban Junction, with immediate effect.
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Malaria almost eradicated
Sri Lanka has almost eradicated malaria and no malaria deaths have been reported during last three years. It has also resulted in an unprecedented 99 per cent decrease in the reported incidence of Malaria during the last 10 years.
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Changing climate for Rambutan in Malwana
Once, Bibile was famous for the goodness of 'Peni Dodam,' or oranges, just as apple-like big pears for Nuwaraeliya prior to the 1978 hurricane. Would the fate of gleaming red or yellow Rambutan in Malwana be similar?
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The guardian river of gems
Softly flowing through the greenery in the backdrop of the seven hills of the Kataragama landscape, the Menik Ganga had been the guardian and devotee of the sacred shrines and Gods for many centuries. Not only had it quenched the thirst of many a traveller, cleansed the bodies of many a devotee but it had also nurtured and brought immense wealth into the lives of the villagers.
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Two more seismic wave monitoring centres
The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) will establish two more seismic wave monitoring centres at Mahakanadarawa, Anuradhapura and Hakmana before the end of this year, to enhance the measuring capacity of earth tremors.
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Malaria almost eradicated
Sri Lanka has almost eradicated Malaria and no Malaria deaths have been reported during last three years. It has also resulted in an unprecedented 99 per cent decrease in the reported incidence of Malaria during the last 10 years.