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Motorcycles for wildlife officers

Srilanka, Sept. 6 -- The Department of Wildlife Conservation has distributed 294 motorcycles to strengthen the field capacity of wildlife officers and improve responses to the human-elephant conflict,... Read More


Govt to shield farmers from El Nino's double blow

Srilanka, Sept. 6 -- The Government is taking steps to prevent farmers from being affected by a double blow from El Nino - water shortages threatening crops now, followed by floods that could destroy ... Read More


Drinking water supplied to more than 113,000 people

Srilanka, Sept. 6 -- A total of 115,534 people in 35 Divisional Secretariat Divisions across seven districts have been affected by adverse weather conditions associated with El Nino, according to the ... Read More


Illegal hotels, buildings on Marine Drive face demolition

Srilanka, Sept. 6 -- Coastal Conservation authorities, in a major enforcement move, will demolish and remove all identified unauthorised structures, including hotels, along the coastal stretch from Ba... Read More


US Maritime Commission Chief here today

Srilanka, Sept. 6 -- United States (US) Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairperson Laura DiBella and FMC Commissioner Robert J. Harvey will arrive in Sri Lanka today (6). During their five-day stay... Read More


The Police through their eyes

Srilanka, Sept. 6 -- Bureau for the Investigation of Abuse of Children and Women OIC Chief Inspector Dilhani Sembapperuma and another Police officer sit on the floor with visiting children as they dra... Read More


A beautiful life

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- A father embraces his daughter in joy as the family receives the keys to their new home at the official handover ceremony of the Navodayagama Housing Project in Poonagala, Kabara... Read More


Sri Lanka monitors Iranian tankers off Southern coast

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- Sri Lanka is monitoring nearly 20 Iranian oil tankers that have gathered off the country's Southern coast amid a United States Naval blockade preventing vessels from returning to... Read More


CIABOC officials visit Ravi K's residence after no-show

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- Officials of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) visited the residence of Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake on Parliament Road yesterday (... Read More


New system to regulate teaching profession

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- The Government is moving to make teaching a regulated profession, with teachers and other education professionals set to come under a new system of mandatory registration, profes... Read More