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Provinces get their own butterflies
Everybody loves a butterfly and perhaps Sri Lankans more than most: four years after the Sri Lanka Birdwing was declared the national butterfly each of the nine provinces are to get their own...
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War for water in Kithulgala
Rafters protest hydro project that dams their livelihood Kithulgala is Sri Lanka’s premier white-water rafting location but a hydro-power project threatens the future of this tourist attraction. The...
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World Water Day – Day01
The theme of the World Water Day (22nd of March) this year is ‘Water and Energy’. With the aim of raising awareness on the subject, a 2 day workshop has been organized inline with World Water Day (WWD)...
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World Water Day – Day02
On the 2nd day, the official event to commemorate the World Water Day 2014 were held at UN University Conference Hall. The morning session include general speeches about the World Water Day 2014 and...
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World Water Day – Day03 (Kumamoto City)
On the 3rd day, the Kumamoto City invited some of us to participate the Water Forum they organized to mark the World Water Day. Kumamoto City has won last year’s ‘Water for Life’ award for sustainable...
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World Water Day – Day04 (Kumamoto City)
Kumamoto City council arranged a field visit to see how they utilize the ground water resources. The attractions of the Kumamoto Prefecture including the Kumamoto castle and mount Aso which is one of...
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UN warns water energy needs coming to crunch- point
By Malaka Rodrigo in Tokyo the United Nations predicting that the world will need 40 per cent more water and 50 per cent more energy some 15 years from now, World Water Day’s theme of “Water and...
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Little water for Hydropower, Irrigation and Drinking; CEB pleads deities for...
Country to experience rice shortage by August, and Water Board asks people to use tap water carefully. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB)’s cost of power generation escalates high as the contribution from...
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Off to Kumamoto to see Japan’s famed cherry blossoms
“The Sakura flower is extremely beautiful, but its splendour does not last long. A few days after blossoming, the flower starts to disintegrate, reminding us of the uncertainty of life,” said Nobuko,...
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Garden lizard gains an elite relative from Knuckles
Pethiyagoda’s Crestless Lizard – Calotes pethiyagodai (c) Vimukthi Weeratunga The The common green garden lizard that belongs to the Agamid lizard family this week gained a new relative that brings to...
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Instead of Erabadu; Pink Trumpet unfolds petals for New Year
Erabudu is the flower of the Avurudu season but you will hardly be able to find erabadu these days. Instead, rosy trumpet (tabebuia) flowers bloom, marking the onset of the New Year season. (photos by...
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Experts warn: Avert conflicts over water-energy-food nexus
Water for food is a core issue that can no longer be tackled through a narrow sectorial approach, a major international conference held in Colombo last week was told. Nearly 500 experts from 40...
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WATER – A forgotten lifeline of Avurudu
Today, is the traditional New Year of Sri Lanka (celebrated mainly by Sinhalese and Tamils – hence’ Aluth Avurudu’ as it called in Sinhala). Except for the song of the Koel – all the other Nature’s...
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All in the family
Ajantha Palihawadana’s new Orchid varieties are named after his wife and children Walking into his garden in early January to start watering his collection of orchids, breeder and researcher Ajantha...
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Captive elephants helpless against TB spread
Experts fear there could be an outbreak of tuberculosis among captive elephants if quick action is not taken.As elephants in Dehiwala Zoo show signs of TB the zoo authorities have stopped the popular...
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Lanka pinpointed as winner if reefs conserved
An Acropora coral about 6 inches regrowing on Artificial Concrete Coral Structure (c) Arjan Rajasuriya Stronger storms, rising seas and flooding are placing hundreds of millions of people at risk...
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Beaming in from space on ‘silent killer’ drought
Lanka to benefit from Indo-Chinese satellite aid Sri Lanka has been selected as the first regional country along with Cambodia to benefit from space technology in early predictions of drought – and...
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Young Lankan scientist makes life-saving snakebite discovery
A landmark discovery by a Sri Lankan scientist could save thousands of lives lost through snakebite the world over. A snakebite victim’s life often hangs in the balance in the minutes during which...
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Commando four-wheel rally upsets environmentalists but Army is gung-ho
A four-wheel-drive motor rally organised along east coast early next month has raised concerns among environmentalists. Commando 4×4, the six-day rally planned to start on August 4, is being organised...
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How researchers co-opted a remote village to save rare fish
An attempt by villagers and wildlife enthusiasts to save a rare fish from extinction is a rare ray of hope amid the gloom of the gradual loss of biodiversity. Last week, ignoring blood-sucking leeches,...
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