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Escalating crisis of plastic pollution poses a significant threat, Institute of Policy Studies says
"Sri Lanka already possesses some of the strongest environmental laws," Disanayake said
In May 2025, specimens tested by the Medical Research Institute (MRI) confirmed the presence of these sub-lineages
The weather department has also issued warnings for strong winds and rough seas.
The drones were given in response to an urgent request from RDA after Cyclone Ditwa.
Parallel to the ID rollout, a 'super app' is being designed to consolidate state services into a single platform.
This availability of data helps the hospital provide treatment easily when the patient returns to the hospital.
Huawei announced its support to help Sri Lanka implement program to nurture software and hardware engineers
Potential for using debt-for-renewables within the growing climate finance space
NWSDB will be supported to transform its current paper document system into digital form to speed up its operations
Officials discuss bilateral agreements including on mangrove conservation and fisheries sector development
Only 0.1 percent of Sri Lanka’s GDP goes to innovations: official
Steps to enact necessary legal provisions so that medical degrees by foreign universities can be accepted in Sri Lanka.
President has appointed the board of directors for the Sri Lanka Personal Data Protection Authority
For breast cancer, we are not doing screening at a population level in our country
In order to assess the potential threat from the trees, the help of the Forest Ministry and tree surgeons are needed.
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| US Dollar | 332.5018 | 332.3603 |
| UK Pound | 440.0661 | 440.9424 |
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| Yen | 2.0793 | 2.0805 |
| Aus Dollar | 226.4670 | 227.4342 |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.5357 | 3.5474 |
| Korean Won | 0.2494 | 0.2492 |
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| Saudi Riyal | 88.5939 | 88.5586 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.5259 | 90.4874 |
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| S&P SL20 | 6,293.72 | -1.13% |
| CSE All Share | 22,024.18 | -0.60% |
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| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
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| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
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“We are now losing biodiversity up to 10,000 times faster than it was disappearing 100 years ago,” he warned.
To take on a 40 percent increase, government hospital expenditure should exceed 200 billion rupees, an official claims.
Sri Lanka stops emergency procurement of drugs, Bangladesh to help with medicine shortage: Minister
Sri Lanka has witnessed over 1,000 doctors and consultants migrating after the unprecedented economic crisis
Sri Lankan delegation at COP28 to request permission for Sri Lanka to initiate a “Climate Justice Forum”.
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.
To attract potential investors for IT companies in Sri Lanka and achieve a target of 3 billion US dollars in IT exports
A task force will be responsible for formulating, implementing and monitoring environmental protection initiatives
Thousands of doctors have left Sri Lanka after economic crisis
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