Torrential rains continued to lash Sri Lanka unabated raising the death toll from floods and landslides to 25 and leaving over 18,000 people homeless in most parts of the country.

Sri Lanka will set up a five-year national health program from next year to provide and maintain health service according to national and international standards.

Sri Lanka has spent US$ 138 million so far on oil exploration with the belief of natural gas resources were available, Petroleum Resources Minister, Susil Premajayantha told Parliament today.

: Sri Lanka's National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) says that 51% of the water supplied to the consumer is wasted.

Sri Lanka has received an additional US$ 98 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to develop the national and provincial roads in the country's war-torn North.

Sri Lanka has spent US$ 138 million so far on oil exploration with the belief of natural gas resources were available, Petroleum Resources Minister, Susil Premajayantha told Parliament today.

Sri Lanka Ministry of Health says it is taking several measures to eradicate the dengue menace in the country.

Conservator General of operations of Sri Lanka's Department of Forest Conservation K.P. Ariyadasa says that 55 forest reserves of the island were surveyed totally and gazetted this year.

Sri Lanka has planned to establish hydropower project in the southern dry zone of the country to supplement the national power grid.

Over 68,000 people in Sri Lanka have been affected by the adverse weather conditions brought about by the "Neelam" cyclone that has moved to India from the Bay of Bengal, the Disaster Management Ce