21+ hour, 5+ min ago   (142+ words) A lecture on ‘Owls: The Hidden Hunters’ will be delivered by avid birdlife explorer Deepal Warakagoda on September 15 (Tuesday) at 6 pm at the auditorium, 6th Floor, ILC (Library) Building, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. Organised by the Sri Lanka Natural…...

22+ hour, 9+ min ago   (312+ words) The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka ABC, Chinese group partners to drive Green Infrastructure and Investment ABC Trade & Investments (Pvt) Ltd, involved in Sri Lanka’s ICT distribution and diversified business landscape, has formally entered into a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (172+ words) Pix and text by D Gnanasiri Hetti Arachchige The concrete ponds constructed by the Wildlife Department in the Kumana National Park are regularly filled with water as needed to prevent wild animals from dying of thirst, a park warden said....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (450+ words) Pix and text by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe
 More than 500 Kumbuk trees in the old Eluwankulama lotus enclosure in Wanathavilluwa, located on the border of the Wilpattu National Park, have been destroyed by arson by unidentified persons, an environmentalist said. This…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (375+ words) Global IPCC experts gather in Colombo to examine the increasingly dangerous link between climate change and the water cycle. From devastating floods in Nepal to the destruction caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka, some of the clearest manifestations of…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (112+ words) The Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department on Thursday demolished fish stalls along the coast at Devata in Galle on the grounds they were unauthorised. A heavy police and Special Task Force (STF) presence was on site. Owners protested…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (559+ words) Wilpattu: Work on pond in progress and right, after completion Mud-based building methods used in Sri Lanka for thousands of years are being put to use, combined with a mixture of selected soil and a portion of cement to create…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (871+ words) South Asia may be emerging as an unlikely bright spot in a global coral reef crisis, but the regional recovery comes with a significant caveat for Sri Lanka: the reefs surrounding the island are part of a subregion where hard…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (319+ words) Sri Lanka is no stranger to the destructive power of water. In November last year Cyclone Ditwah brought incessant heavy rainfall, floods and landslides across the island. More than 600 people lost their lives, while nearly one million people were affected....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (759+ words) The current drought in several regions of the country and the prospect of El Niño followed by floods threaten our food security. Being prepared for these climate disasters is a challenging task. These climate disasters that are affecting the country…...