Environment
Yellowing of paddy crops reported in many areas across the country
A disease which causes paddy crops to turn yellow is being reported in the Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kurunegala districts. According...
WATCH : Nagananda files petition to save Myan Kumara from captivity
Attorney Nagananda Kodituwakku today filed a writ petition before the Court of Appeal, calling for Myan Kumara, a baby elephant...
Veddha chieftain moves court to protect Rambakan Oya ancestral land
Vedda chieftain Uru Warige Wannila Aththo and the Center for Environmental Justice (ECJ) today filed a writ petition against the...
Gov to re-issue conditional sand mining licenses in Kalu Ganga
The Ministry of Environment states that it has decided to re-issue permits to carry out sand mining in the Kalu...
Elle Gunawansa Thero accuses government of relentlessly destroying forest land
Elle Gunawansa Thero says that it is unfortunate for the country that the present government and every previous government have...
President asks Forest Department to withdraw cases against illegal occupiers of protected land
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today demanded forest officials to withdraw cases filed against those who had entered areas gazetted as protected...
Environmental activist assaulted for opposing destruction of Sinharaja
Lakmal Ranabahu, an environmental activist in Kalawana has been brutally assaulted by a group believed to be connected to the...
A grim Thai Pongal for Sri Lankan farmers after rains destroy crops
A prominent Jaffna based civil society activist Mylvaganam Sooriasegaram has noted that the Thai pongal festival for 2021 is a...
Sri Lanka recorded a daily loss of 10 acres of forests in 2020
By Ravindra Kariyawasam In the occurrence of a massive environmental destruction throughout the island, Sri Lanka found 2020 to be the...
More plastic and polythene products to be banned from April
The Ministry of Environment has decided to ban another list of disposable and single use plastic and polythene products by...
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