In a continuation of the conflict between humans and elephants, a man was killed but a child miraculously escaped unhurt when an elephant in the Kumbikkulama area of Habarana charged a group of farmers tending their land.

In a continuation of the conflict between humans and elephants, a man was killed but a child miraculously escaped unhurt when an elephant in the Kumbikkulama area of Habarana charged a group of farmers tending their land.

In a continuation of the conflict between humans and elephants, a man was killed but a child miraculously escaped unhurt when an elephant in the Kumbikkulama area of Habarana charged a group of farmers tending their land.

The Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka has granted approval to a proposal submitted by a joint private venture to set up two windmill projects in the Puttalam district, Assistant Manager (Media) BOI, Mr. Dudley Perera said. This will be the first ever windmill project in Sri Lanka that will add another 20 megawatts to the national grid after completion.

Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said yesterday that there had been an attempt to assassinate President Mahinda Rajapaksa when he visited Matara to take part in the opening ceremony of Matara Mahanama Bridge on December 26, 2007.

The Board of Investment has approved the setting up of the first ever commercial windmills in the island, to be built in the Puttalam District.

Director of the Government Information Department Anusha Palpita speaking to Daily Mirror online said that the project which will build two windmills, is the first ever commercially approved by the BOI. (RR)

A forum consisting of Scientists has been appointed to diagnose diseases affecting coconut cultivation in the country and recommend remedial measures with special focus on a disease affecting coconut palms in the South, the Plantation Industries Ministry said.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources yesterday said that it had completed a Forest Resources Management Project aimed at establishing and operating sustainable forest management for forest protection and conservation in Sri Lanka.

The project which commenced in 2001 was implemented in 18 districts other than areas in the war-torn North and East, ministry officials said.

The government has allocated 35,000 acres of land in the Trincomalee District for Banana cultivation to a private company, while the people in the area don

Booker Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy and British human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger were among a group of high-profile figures who lent their support to a protest held here outside the offices of the mining company, Vedanta Resources, demanding that it withdraw its plans to construct a massive bauxite mine in Orissa.