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Air pollution linked to 15% of Covid-19 deaths

According to the World Health Organisation air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. To put things in perspective, that’s one third...

Electrocuted elephant near Nimalawa Sanctuary

Another elephant succumbed to injuries after being electrocuted near the Nimalawa Sanctuary recently. While most electric fences don’t necessarily have electricity, they are just...

Two species of snakes from Knuckles

A group of researchers, including one of the leading herpetologists in Sri Lanka, Mendis Wickramasinghe and Herpetology Researcher at Natural History Museum, London, Evolutionary...

Pre-Budget Report: SL needs massive response to the economic crisis

Given that Sri Lanka is facing a massive economic crisis, it is extremely urgent that Budget 2021 reflects the changes that must be made to...

Heat Cabin to destroy Coronavirus on surfaces

Inventor Kelum Wadasinghe has developed a device which he claims destroys the coronavirus on banknotes and other surfaces within three minutes by using heat. The device...

Hambantota gets US $ 300mn tyre manufacturing plant

Shandong Haohua Tire Co. Ltd, a leading Chinese tyre manufacturer, is slated to invest US $ 300 million to set up a tyre manufacturing...

SL import ban irks EU

The European Union (EU) today expressed its displeasure in Sri Lanka continuing to impose restrictions on imports stating that trade is “not a one-way...

US $ 75mn SLDB issue oversubscribed by 15%

The latest Sri Lanka Development Bond (SLDB) offer of US $ 75 million was oversubscribed by over 15 percent enabling the Central Bank to...

UK appoints climate change champion to support nations including SL

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday appointed former Secretary of State for International Development, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, as the UK’s International Champion on Adaptation...

BIA phase II development to kick off this month with Japanese funding

The second phase development of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake will kick off from 18 November with a funding of Rs.107 billion from...

Dampened export performance for October

Sri Lanka’s export performance for the month of October witnessed a dip, primarily due to the adverse impacts of the second wave of the...

Colombo Kings’ Ravinderpal Singh tests positive for Covid-19

The Colombo Kings’ Canadian opener Ravinderpal Singh tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the first such case at the Lanka Premier League (LPL). It is...

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