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NEWSFAO: 6.2 mn Lankans facing acute food insecurity

island.lk A record 6.2 million Sri Lankans are facing moderate acute food insecurity, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday in its response overview from June to December...

Adverse weather leaves three dead and 19 others injured

island.lk The Disaster Management Centre (DMC), on Monday, announced that three persons had died and 21,644 others were facing health issues due to adverse weather conditions, caused by Cyclone Mandous....

Eight institutions under Agriculture Ministry to be merged

Buddhika Imbulana – dailynews.lk Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has decided to merge eight institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture into four institutions next year. Minister Amaraweera says that this step...

World population to reach 8 Bn tomorrow (15), says UN Report

island.lk The report says more than half the projected increase in population up to 2050 will be concentrated in just eight countries.The United Nations has estimated that the world’s population...

National average rice yield hits nearly 50-year-low in Maha season amid fertiliser ban

dailymirror.lk Sri Lanka’s national average rice yield hit a nearly 50-year-low last ‘Maha’ season largely driven by the ill-conceived import ban on chemical fertiliser and agrochemicals. Its aftereffects combined with...

Dragonfly thought to be extinct found again

By Ifham Nizam – divaina.lk Scientists have rediscovered Sri Lankan Clubtail (Anisogomphus ceylonicus), one of the rarest species of dragonflies in the country. The team that made the discovery comprised Amila Sumanapala...

Protest march to mark International Day for Biological Diversity

Environmentalists, tourists and other lobby groups engaged in a march from Vihara Mahadevi Park to Galle Face Green ‘ GotaGoGama’ to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity. Pix by Kithsiri...

THE RATION SCHEME FOR PESTICIDES REVERSED!

lankanewsweb.net Janaka Wakkumbura, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation stated that the ration scheme for pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides approved by the Registrar of Pesticides has been abolished with effect...

Navy takes hold of 03 Indian poaching trawlers in Sri Lankan waters

news.lk In an operation conducted off the Delft Island in the dark hours of 07th February 2022, Sri Lanka Navy took hold of 03 Indian trawlers and 11 Indian fishermen...

Sri Lanka reports over 11,500 coronavirus recoveries today

adaderana.lk A total of 11,538 more patients have recovered from Covid-19 infection within the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said today. This brings the total number of Covid-19 recoveries...