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MEPA to get 5.7 mn rupees a year, for five years to maintain 8 beach cleaner machines
Sri Lanka faces frequent natural disasters due to the impacts of climate change.
A task force will be responsible for formulating, implementing and monitoring environmental protection initiatives
Cabinet approves proposal to improve Beira Lake water quality through a pilot project by a Singaporean company
Ulex europaeus, commonly known as gorse, is an alien invasive plant
People affected by intense noise hope that cleaning the environment will also address the issue of noise pollution.
The Sri Lanka Navy is declaring that the fire onboard the Supertanker MT New Diamond is completely doused and no flames ...
An Indian Coastguard Dornier Aircraft was deployed yesterday Sept 8 to drop diesel dispersant on a patch of diesel disco...
The Sri Lanka Navy is reporting that the fire that re-ignited on board the Supertanker MT New Diamond last evening is un...
Two teams of scientists and experts from the Sri Lankan Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) are currently dep...
Though prevailing showery and windy conditions in Sri Lanka are expected to temporarily reduce in intensity today, showe...
Blue algae concentrations off the found of the coast of Sri Lanka are not toxic to other marine life, researchers said w...
An oil tanker carrying more than 200,000 of crude oil is on fire 38 kilometers off Sri Lanka’s East coast and about ha...
Sri Lanka is probing whether a minor earthquake reported near Pallekelle in central Sri Lanka was due to induced seismic...
Sri Lanka's environment ministry will take a final decision on banning 'quarter' arrack bottles this week while a decisi...
Environmental activist Pahiyangala Ananda Sagara Thero is saying President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should provide a solution ...
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The businessman and the backhoe driver arrested over the clearing of the Anawilundawa wetland sanctuary in Puttalam, Sri...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered that the road from Lankagama to Neluwa through the Sinharaja forest zone be bui...
There is a certain pride and poise to the old poacher as he poses with his homemade gun assembled from a steering rod of...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has asked officials to find a solution to the perennial Human-Elephant conflict in two year...
The Chilaw courts have ordered the Department of Wildlife Conservation to investigate, identify and charge those involve...
The road that connects Neluwa to Deniyaya is mired in controversy, with many questions being asked about the development...
The Department of Meteorology is predicting thunderstorms after 2 PM today for Central, Uva, Eastern provinces and Polon...
Thunderstorms and heavy showers are forecast by the Department of Meteorology mostly in the North-Eastern areas of the c...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered road construction taking place in the buffer zone and inside the Sinharaja Worl...
The Centre for Environment and Nature Studies (CENS) in Sri Lanka, is protesting against the construction of a road in t...
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