The main opposition party of Sri Lanka, United National Party (UNP) has called on the government to pay compensation to the vehicles owners whose vehicles had been affected due to the pumping of substandard fuel imported by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC).

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has made this comment after visiting a garage in Peradeniya where vehicles damaged due to subs

Sri Lankan authorities plan to relocate 200 wild elephants from their habitat in Hambanthota to build an international airport and a game city in anticipation of a successful bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Quoting a government minister, Xinhua news agency reported that if selected to host the games in Hambanthota a massive games city will be constructed at the selected location which

Sri Lanka Ministry of Health has planned to make fourteen amendments to the Mosquito Breeding Control Act, government sources say.

The Cabinet approval for the amendment will be sought within the next few days, Ministry sources added.

According to the amendments, the law enforcers can produce photographs of the mosquito breeding places as evidence in court cases with regard to such incidents

Sri Lanka Ministry of Health has planned to make fourteen amendments to the Mosquito Breeding Control Act, government sources say.

The Cabinet approval for the amendment will be sought within the next few days, Ministry sources added.

According to the amendments, the law enforcers can produce photographs of the mosquito breeding places as evidence in court cases with regard to such incidents

The pioneer scientific research and development organization in Sri Lanka, the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) has said that no arsenic was found in the local rice samples it tested.

According to the Director of ITI, Dr. A.M.

The South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation conference on exchange of information regarding pesticides will commence tomorrow in at the Inservice Training Institute in Gannoruwa, Peradeniya of the Kandy district in Sri Lanka.

The conference will be held until July 01 with the participation of the scientists from the SAARC countries.

SAARC Agricultural Center based in Dhaka and the De

Sri Lanka's Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena has taken measure to amend the legislation to give more powers to the Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) of the country to conduct their duties in controlling the mosquito menace without hindrance from the public.

The Minister is also seeking to empower the PHIs to impose spot fines up to Rs.

Sri Lanka Forest Conservation Department says that the fire that erupted in the Knuckles Forest Range in the Central hills has been completely extinguished.

The fire erupted on Saturday night has destroyed flora and fauna in 50 acres, the Department said.

The officials fought 14 hours to extinguish the fire that was spreading fast due to dry weather conditions, a spokesman for the Forest Con

Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center has said today the forest fire started in the Knuckles Range in the Central Hills of the island on Saturday night is still continuing.

The Disaster Management Center says helicopters will be used to distinguish the fire erupted in the forest range as the area the fire is spreading is inaccessible by the Fire Brigade vehicles.

The officials of the police

The Sri Lankan government has decided to lease out 10 more islands in the Kalpitiya area of Puttalam district in the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka for tourism projects.

Deputy Economic Development Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena has said that there are 31 islands in the seas off Kalpitiya and four islands have already been leased out to companies for tourism projects.

Kalpitiya, an 8-mi