The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) yesterday warned the public to be vigilant on sudden landslides that could occur in eight districts Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Ratnapura, Kegalle, Kalutara, Galle and Matara as a result of torrential rains.
Lanka, Korea MoU for solid waste management project The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry signed an MoU with the Republic of Korea for the implementation of a joint solid waste management project in four local Government areas in the Colombo District under the Ministry's Pilisara project.
One hundred and forty five dengue cases have been reported from Colombo this year, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Colombo, Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam said.
India has finally agreed to locate a 500-MW coal-based plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation at Sampur town in Sri Lanka's Trincomalee district. According to reliable sources, New Delhi's decision was conveyed to the Mahinda Rajapaksa government. Though the two countries signed an agreement in December 2006, there was no unanimity on the plant location.
The Government has made arrangements to establish a fully-fledged SAARC Village at Mahavilawatta estate, Ulapane in the Nawalapitiya electorate to mark the 15th SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in S
cleaning Colombo: The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in the second week of October has directed the attorney general to prepare a new action plan within a month to reduce air pollution caused by
Being the commercial and administrative capital cities of Sri Lanka Colombo and Sri Jayawardhanapura and their suburbs accommodate many industries, residences and commercial and administration institutions and infrastructure. As a result this urban area has become one of the most polluted areas in Sri Lanka.
The Colombian government has seized more than 1,00,000 hectares from narco-traffickers and will hand it over to peasant farmers and displaced families as part of its new agrarian reform''. The
Recently, owing to contamination from the textile dye waste generated by factories that are situated along the Kelani river, the water supply to the city of Colombo got seriously disrupted.
About 170 million litres of water are wasted every day in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo. The National Water Supply and Drainage Board supplies 236.39 million litres of water every day to metropolitan
