Environment Minister of Sri Lanka Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and the Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake have halted construction work on a hydropower plant on the Mahaweli River at Geta

The United Nation's Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, has initiated a bamboo processing industry in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's veteran environmental lawyer Jagath Gunawardena says the government could not catch wild elephants to be given to cultural pageants as said by the Minister of Wildlife S.M.

The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka today has granted permission to hear a petition filed on imported agro chemicals that contain arsenic.

Sri Lanka's tourism industry has recorded over 50 percent growth in revenues in the first half of this year compared to last year, the Central Bank data showed.

The International Conference on Building Resilience to Disasters will be held at Kandalama Hotel in Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle from 19th - 21st July 2011.

The Centre for Disaster Resilience, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK and RMIT University, Australia are organizing the event titled: "International Conference on Building Resilience: Interdisciplinary approaches t

Health Minister of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena will launch a programme named '4 by 4 by 4' to deal with four main diseases, four risk factors and four commitments today at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).

The programme organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Ministry of Sri Lanka aims to mobilize commitments and actions to address Non C

Officials at the Wildlife Department of Sri Lanka say that all national parks in Sri Lanka where elephants roam will be closed on the 13th and 14th of August to facilitate an elephant count.

During the scheduled two days visitors will not be permitted in the parks as the field staff will be involved in the elephant survey. The parks will be closed during the day.

The Sri Lankan government plans to immediately implement the long-awaited Broadlands Hydropower Project (BHP) to add more hydropower to the national grid and reduce the cost associated with thermal power generation.

The Cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal made by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka to proceed with the project.

The Broadlands hydropower plant to be con