Today's News - Sri Lanka

Food Insecurity: WFP prioritizes 3.4 Mn people

Written by Teena Marian 14 Sep, 2022 | 1:33 PM COLOMBO (News 1st); The World Food Program said that 3.4 million people are being prioritized to receive emergency assistance from...

LOLC’s Group’s Browns Investments eyes coal supply deal to Norochcholai

dailymirror.lk Browns Investments, a unit of LOLC Group, expects to enter into a negotiations with the Sri Lankan authorities to secure an unsolicited bid to supply coal to Norochcholai power...

Procurement of LP gas: Ex-COPE Chief alleges embezzlement of funds amounting to Rs 1.3 bn

island.lk – Shamindra Ferdinando Auditor General says probe completed; Litro response to be soughtFormer Chairman of the Committee of Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof. Charitha Herath, MP, has said the LP...

WHO declares Monkeypox a global emergency

dailynews.lk SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organisation has declared the global Monkeypox outbreak a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ (PHEIC), one step below that of a ‘pandemic.’ A PHEIC, according...

Elephant found dead with gunshot injuries

dailynews – Sivam Packiyanathan-Batticaloa Special Corr. The carcass of a wild elephant that had been shot was found near the bank of the Pallavi tank close to the Unnichchai irrigational...

IMF hopes for resolution of Sri Lanka crisis to allow bailout talks

ceylontoday.lk – Rebecca Pavey The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it is hoping for a resolution to Sri Lanka’s political turmoil that will allow a resumption of talks for a...

Mini Tsunami Pounds Southern Coast

ceylontoday.lk – Thameenah razeek Two people were killed when the ‘Punchi Tsunami’ struck the island last week; in addition, fishing boats on the coast of the districts of Kalutara, Galle,...

‘Malwathu Oya Reservoir Project delaying due to economic crisis’

dailynews.lk The Lower Malwathu Oya Multi-Sector Development Project construction is getting slower due to ongoing financial crisis, Anuradhapura Government Agent Janaka Jayasundara was told at a Progress Review Meeting on...

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...

Feeding wild elephants a punishable offence on Buttala-Kataragama Road

M. Nelson Piyaratne – Kataragama Group Corr . – dailynews.lk A wild elephants seeking food from a motorist. Picture by M. Nelson Piyaratne, Kataragama Group Corr.Motorists have been warned not...