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The number is not 800, but…: Sri Lanka’s elephant crisis is real
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (1022+ words) 10 Sep 2026 | BY Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne The number has travelled quickly because it is almost impossible to forget: more than 800 elephants dead in Sri Lanka this year (2026). It sounds like the kind of statistic that should stop a country in its…...
When the water turned blue: SL’s warning from Heiyanthuduwa
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (612+ words) 09 Sep 2026 | BY Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne On the afternoon of 24 August, residents of Heiyanthuduwa saw something that no community should ever see in the water flowing through its paddy fields. It had turned a striking blue. This was, thankfully, a contamination…...
New technology to tackle elephant-train deaths
1+ week, 3+ day ago (306+ words) A new technology-based system aimed at preventing wild elephants from being hit by trains will be introduced as a pilot project at 13 high-risk locations from October. The project is being implemented as a public-private partnership under the Clean Sri Lanka…...
Expedited action urged to formulate national policy on human-elephant conflict
1+ week, 4+ day ago (113+ words) 02 Sep 2026 | BY Staff Writer The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability has stressed the need to expedite the formulation of a national policy to address the human-elephant conflict. The committee discussed research findings and policy recommendations on…...
Met Dept. warns of possible heavy rain and flooding in Oct-Nov
2+ week, 5+ day ago (90+ words) The Morning 25 Aug 2026 | BY Staff Writer Sri Lanka could experience above-average rainfall in October and November due to prevailing El Niño conditions, the Department of Meteorology has warned. Meteorology Director General Ajith Wijemanna stated that around 30% of Sri Lanka’s annual…...
Over 100 acres destroyed in Hurulu forest fire
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (110+ words) More than 100 acres of forest have been destroyed in a fire that broke out in the Hurulu Environmental Park Reserve in Habarana yesterday (23), officials said. The fire reportedly started at around 2:30 p.m. Forest Conservation officials said fires of this nature are…...
Sri Lanka’s waste crisis: Plenty of laws and little enforcement
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1530+ words) 23 Aug 2026 | By Methmalie Dissanayake Every day, Sri Lanka generates roughly 9,811 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste. Local Government authorities manage to collect just 3,767 tonnes of it – about 38%. The remainder, more than 6,000 tonnes a day, is left to accumulate in some…...