saving the act: The prime minister's office (PMO) has issued a directive that Union cabinet proposals having a bearing on decentralisation will have to be cleared by the newly-formed ministry of

infamous five: Eight US states and the city of New York are taking five of US' biggest power companies to court. Reason: they are some of the biggest contributors to global warming in the country.

Sri Lanka s government flayed for mining coastal sand dunes

Sri Lanka's National Parks have got seven new water bowsers courtesy the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC). Each bowser has a carrying capacity of 3,000 litres. They will help fill up drying

Critics have slammed Sri Lanka's proposed legislation to set up a National Institute on Biodiversity (nib), which would control the country's biological and carbon resources. The nib would be

The mounting problem of non-biodegradable plastic waste seems to have caught the Sri Lankan government's attention. The country's cabinet has given its nod to a series of proposals put forward by the