The Health Ministry of Sri Lanka has launched a national policy on HIV/AIDS with the aim of controlling the disease and preventing it in the country.

The Sri Lankan government is stepping up is housing construction efforts to provide homes for the underserved settlements in the capital Colombo and adjoining areas.

A senior official of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has said that so far no compensation has been paid to any of the vehicle owners whose vehicles got damaged due to the substandard fuel sold by the

Construction of a special housing scheme under the Janasevana program for the indigenous community of Sri Lanka is to commence today in Vakarai of Batticaloa district.

Only a mere 30 percent of the vehicles at the Ministry of Environment passed the emission test, says Anura Jayathilaka, Chairman of Air Resources Management Division of the Ministry.

Sri Lanka's Minister of Environment Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has ordered the suspension of a road construction across the World Heritage Sinharaja rain forest.

The Sri Lankan government is to spend over 950 million rupees to build 500 housing units for the slum dwellers in the Sri Lankan capital.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has selected 3,000 vehicle owners initially to be paid compensation for the damages caused by the substandard fuel distributed by the Corporation.

Latest figures released by the Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka's Health Ministry show that the dengue cases are on the decline during the past month.

UNESCO Centre in Paris has asked for an immediate detailed report on the road construction through Sri Lanka's Sinharaja rain forest which is considered a World Heritage, local media reported.