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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...

Permission to be granted for coconut cultivation paddy lands

dailynews.lk The Presidential Task Force on Green Socio-Economic Solutions to Climate Change was convened at the Ministry of Environment yesterday (16). The discussion was chaired by the Chairman of the...

Elevated Expressway via Thalangama Wetland Govt. speeding past environmental roadblocks?

“The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to construct an elevated highway above the Thalangama Wetlands in May 2021” “The Thalangama Elevated Expressway project is the first Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) project...

Northeast monsoon sets in; low pressure area likely

ceylontoday.lk With the northeast monsoon setting in over the island, a low-level atmospheric disturbance to the south of Sri Lanka is likely to intensify into a low pressure area in...

Deadly tornadoes hit central and southern US

ceylontoday.lk More than 30 tornadoes were reported across six states late Friday and early Saturday, killing dozens of people and leaving a trail of devastation. The severe weather collapsed an...

Fishing and Naval Communities warned to be alert

The Meteorology Department today issued a weather advisory for naval and fishing communities in the deep sea areas as the low pressure over east-central Arabian Sea is likely to grow...

FR petition challenges release of elephants in state care to those claiming their ownership

By Ifham Nizam – island.lk A Fundamental Rights Case, filed by the Centre For Environmental Justice (CEJ) and others in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the release of...

Letter of demand served over controversial release of 15 elephants

By Ifham Nizam – island.lk A letter of demand was served yesterday on the Attorney General’s Department, Cabinet Minister Wildlife, State Minister Wildlife, Ministry Secretaries, Chief Curator Pinnawala, Director General...