1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (408+ words) Sri Lankan exporters have been urged to prepare for new European Union packaging requirements that could affect market access for key export sectors, including tea, spices, seafood, processed food and beverages. The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (253+ words) The government is to launch a special programme to provide drinking water to people in districts affected by the current dry weather, including Batticaloa, Monaragala and Ampara, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The decision was taken at the third…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (398+ words) Several areas in the Northern, North Central, Eastern and Uva provinces are facing drinking water shortages as dry weather continues, with several reservoirs and small tanks either drying up or recording sharp declines in water levels, affecting communities, agriculture and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (215+ words) The Marine Unit of the Department of Wildlife Conservation has carried out a comprehensive coral reef survey within the Kayankerni Marine Sanctuary and the adjacent Pasikuda coastal area, aiming to strengthen long‑term conservation and sustainable tourism in Sri Lanka’s…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (171+ words) Under the leadership of Environment Minister Dammika Patabendi, the government has formally declared eight mangrove forest systems in the Puttalam District as new reserves, with the gazette signed yesterday (27) at the Ministry of Environment. The move forms part of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (218+ words) Communities in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province are spearheading mangrove restoration in Nayaru Lagoon, Mullaitivu District, under a climate resilience project funded by the Adaptation Fund. The initiative, implemented by UN‑Habitat with the Ministry of Environment and the Mullaitivu District…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (275+ words) Minister of Environment Dammika Patabendi has warned that the El Niño condition has now developed severely and could reach its peak stage in Sri Lanka earlier than expected, possibly by November. Speaking at a media briefing to raise awareness of…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (402+ words) President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday (22) directed officials to take maximum measures to safeguard Sri Lanka’s rapidly developing Northern and Eastern coastlines, stressing that projects must be implemented in harmony with environmental priorities and the livelihoods of local communities. He…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (34+ words) Newswire Speaker endorses the National Environmental (Amendment) Bill Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne today (21) endorsed the certificate for the National Environmental (Amendment) Bill, which was passed by Parliament....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (235+ words) Recognizing an urgent need for sustainable climate solutions in modern building design, LANKATILES, the pioneering leader in premium surface solutions, has officially launched COOL ROOFTOP TILE®, Sri Lanka’s very first solar reflective rooftop tile engineered specifically to combat thermal retention....