With a power crisis looming over the island nation, Sri Lankans may have to contend with a hot and power-less summer this year. Such is the crisis that power cuts may he in place for 10- 12 hours

In the run up to the international Habitat-Il conference to be held at Istanbul in June 96, a three-day SAARC conference on human settlements was held at Colombo in the last week of February.

Under a novel development strategy aimed at improving the farmers' cause, a seven-year project mainly funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, is to be launched in April jfl

Garbage in the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka will soon have the private sector taking care of its disposal. Under a new scheme, the collection of garbage would become privatised, according

Budget cuts on paper imports from 35 to 10 per cent would put the brakes on the local paper recycling industry in Sri Lanka. While the tax cuts could prove to be a bonanza to solid waste

An overdose of bloodshed later, the Sri Lankans are taking up green methods to soothe themselves. Celebrating the army takeover of Jaffna from the Tigers, the islanders have taken to sowing plants

Bombings of two oil depots of the state owned Ceylon Petroleum Corp (CPQ by the Sri LankqJ Tigers has left the tiny island state literally fuel-less. SO much so that the Sri Lankan

Lake Beira in the heart of Colombo, Sri Lanka has become a shadow of its former self. Jagath Gunawardanx, an environmental legal officer, describes as "a stinking mess".1he two major