Asia Sri Lanka The Ministry of Environment has hired 136 new environmental officers who will be assigned to the district secretariats to assist in the work carried out by the Ministry, the Central Environment Authority and the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau
Asia Sri Lanka State-owned liquefied petroleum gas supplier Litro Gas plans to distribute 100.000 cylinders of LP gas per day to the market without any shortage during the festive season
Asia Sri Lanka A ship carrying 41.876 metric tonnes of Potash Muriate fertiliser is scheduled to sail from Canada to the Port of Colombo on 2 December, the Ministry of Agriculture said, thanks to a loan from the Asian Development Bank that enabled the purchase
Asia Sri Lanka According to the World Bank, Sri Lanka's offshore wind resources far exceed the South Asian country's energy demand and their development could help the country's economic recovery by replacing expensive fuel imports
Asia Sri Lanka In a joint statement, UN agencies in Colombo said they had raised $79 million to feed the needy, but the growing number of poor people makes an additional $70 million necessary