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It has been revealed at the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development that even though 938 metric tons of plastic is generated in the country every day, only 32 percent of it is collected, and only 4 percent of the collected plastic is mechanically recycled. MORE..
3 Dec 2023 (11:11 AM)
The Public Health Inspectors (PHIs), who carried out inspections in the street food stalls established in Kottawa and Thalawathugoda areas last night (02), have taken legal action against 14 food stalls, while 06 other stalls were warned over selling unhealthy food that are unfit for human consumption. MORE..
3 Dec 2023 (3:00 PM)
The Deep Depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal is located near latitude 11.2°N and longitude 82.7°E, at 2330hrs of 02 December and about 330 km northeast of Jaffna. MORE..
3 Dec 2023 (9:41 AM)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in a significant meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the United Nations COP28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai, today (Dec.02). MORE..
2 Dec 2023 (11:09 PM)
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers can be expected at times in the Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva province over the next 36 hours from 4-00 p.m. today (Dec.02). MORE..
2 Dec 2023 (8:58 PM)
