The members of Galle Wildlife Conservation Association say that they have identified a new species of white monkeys from Sri Lanka's World Heritage site of Sinharaja rain forest.

Sri Lanka's power authority Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and India's National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) this morning inked a joint venture agreement to build a coal power plant in the East

Sri Lanka and India this morning inked an agreement to build a second coal power plant in the in country's northeast coast.

The Wild Life Department of Sri Lanka today announced that the wild elephant survey carried out from August 11 till 14 has revealed that an elephant population of 5,879 currently exist in the count

The Director General of the Wildlife Department of Sri Lanka H.D. Ratnayake says the report of the elephant census conducted in mid-August will be released tomorrow.

Sri Lanka Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage has organized an international conference on the community water supply from September 29th to 30th.

Sri Lanka Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said the national immunization program and the immunization schedule will be changed from October 1.

The Sri Lankan government is to commence special housing programmes for the indigenous people next month.