The Alakolaveva-Padiyapelalla road development project was launched by Private Transport Minister C. B. Ratnayaka recently. A fund of Rs.

Rs. 98 million has been allocated by the Economic Development Ministry to develop minor irrigation schemes and abandoned paddy fields in Matara district under the village to village program.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa opened several development projects in the health, education, infrastructure sectors in the Monaragala district yesterday.

The foot and mouth disease is spreading among hoofed animals in 18 Divisional Secretariat divisions in the Kurunegala district.

The government plans to increase the forest cover in the country to 35 percent by 2020. Currently, the forest cover is 29.7 percent.

The present government has taken measures to even revise the White Paper on Power & Energy to ensure that the obstacles faced by the ordinary people when obtaining electricity are removed as el

About 200 metric tons of e-waste was collected throughout the island during the National E-waste Management Week declared by the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) from May 26 to June 2, a CEA s

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has allocated Rs. 1,720 million for the development of Wayamba rural areas, Wayamba Chief Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said.

The Galle Municipal Council (GMC) has devised a massive dengue control program with a multi-sectoral approach aimed at preventing Dengue virus transmission and eliminating vector habitats in househ

The Economic Development Ministry will commence brass, iron, apparel and clay industries at the Wariyapola Bamunakotuwa Divisional Secretariat area, said Senior Minister S. B.