SL raises concern over Sethu project
With the court case on the Sethusamudram project being listed to be taken up in court in India today, the government of Sri Lanka raised its concerns on it both in terms of adverse environmental impacts
View ArticleMine collapses, two workers trapped in Ratnapura mine
Two workers had been reported trapped inside a 30ft-deep gem mine in Angammana in Ratnapura this evening. Initial reports said the mine had collapsed following a water leakage while the workers were...
View ArticlePakistan to explore gas in SL
Pakistan has expressed its interest in oil and gas exploration in the seas off Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror learns. At present Cairn Lanka (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of Cairn India, is engaged in
View Article37,000 bottles of water seized
Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) today seized 37,000 bottles of water from a bottling plant of a popular brand of drinking water in Dalugama after it was found that the the water contained some kind of
View ArticleBathiudeen re-settling people in forest reserves: environmentalists
Four leading environmental associations today charged that Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen had illegally cleared 18,000 acres of forest land belonging to leading wildlife parks in three
View ArticleDengue on the rise
Patients believed to be infected with Dengue, had been admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in large numbers, hospital sources said. They said child patients were common among patients
View ArticleFeasibility studies finalised for R’pura expressway
Feasibility studies for the Colombo-Ratnapura expressway from the Kahathuduwa interchange on the Southern Expressway are being finalised and construction work is expected to begin this year, Ports and
View Article60 % pictorial warnings from Jan. 1
Supreme Court today insisted that the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) should not be allowed to release to the market packets of cigarettes that do not display 60% of pictorial health warnings after December
View ArticleMinor tremor in Siyambalanduwa
A minor tremor measuring 2.1 Richter scale was reported from Athimale, Siyambalanduwa in Monaragala this morning, Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) said. The Bureau told Daily Mirror Online
View ArticleMonorail in Colombo transport master plan
The Transport Ministry has included the monorail transport system in its master plan prepared with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for developing the urban transport system linking the...
View ArticleSL, Pakistan sign nuclear agreement
Sri Lanka and Pakistan signed six agreements including one on atomic energy Monday, the two countries’ leaders said, as the strategically important island looks to build its first nuclear plant. Details
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