Sri Lanka gets World Bank aid for city flood protection
May 26, 2011 (LBO) - The World Bank is to provide 150 million US dollars to Sri Lanka to improve flood protection and infrastructure in and around the capital …
May 26, 2011 (LBO) - The World Bank is to provide 150 million US dollars to Sri Lanka to improve flood protection and infrastructure in and around the capital …
NEW DELHI, May 24, 2011 (AFP) - Eight countries with the largest number of elephants met for the first on Tuesday in New Delhi to plot new strategies to …
PARIS, May 7, 2011 (AFP) - Renewable power from the Sun, wind, water and biomass can and should generate a major portion of the planet's energy supply by 2050, …
PARIS, May 4, 2011 (AFP) - Chimpanzees are self-aware and can anticipate the impact of their actions on the environment around them, an ability once thought to …
Apr 28, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to get a loan equivalent to 33,536 million US dollars (41,886 million rupees) from South Korea to build four facilities for …
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2011 (AFP) - Lights went off around the world Saturday as landmark buildings and ordinary homes flipped their switches while the annual …
FUKUSHIMA, March 13, 2011 (AFP) - Japan battled a nuclear emergency Sunday in which the government said twin meltdowns may have taken place and that radiation …
PARIS, February 16, 2011 (AFP) - Global warming driven by human activity boosted the intensity of rain, snow and consequent flooding in the northern hemisphere …
Feb 11, 2011 (LBO) – Award winning author Phillip Hoare and underwater videographer Andrew Sutton is working on a film featuring whales in the waters …
Feb 02, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's growing whale watching boats will have to develop and follow good practices so that whales will not be disturbed and scared …
January 17, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage Monday suspended two mahouts and a curator following the death of a 23-year-old male pachyderm in …
Jan 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka labour minsitry and the internatonal labour organisaton is to look for ways to create more 'green jobs' and provide skills for …
BATTICALOA, January 14, 2011 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan military and aid agencies struggled Thursday to bring relief to a million people displaced by floods that …
January 12, 2011 (AFP) - At least 18 people have died and nearly one million have been made homeless by flooding in Sri Lanka after days of heavy rains, …
Jan 13, 2011 (LBO) - A combination of a cloudy sky and a cold stream from Himalayas pushed temperature at Sri Lanka's capital Colombo to a two year low of 18. …
January 13, 2011 (AFP) - Flooding in Sri Lanka has forced more than one million people out of their homes, the government said Thursday as it began …
DETROIT, January 10, 2011 (AFP) - Toyota unveiled new siblings for its popular Prius hybrid Monday, introducing a brand new midsized wagon, a plug-in, and a …
January 10, 2011 (AFP) - Heavy rains lashed Sri Lanka's central and eastern regions Monday with the death toll from mudslides rising to 12 and 900,000 people …
January 9, 2011 (AFP) - At least seven people, including two children, were killed in mudslides in Sri Lanka where more than 750,000 people have been driven …
January 9, 2011 (AFP) - Two children were buried alive in mudslides on Sunday in Sri Lanka where more than 600,000 people have been driven out of their homes …