The greyish white veil covering most of Sri Lanka in recent months is not mist. It’s air pollution. Bits of diesel, wood, water, soil, sulfate, metals and other tiny inhalable particles blow through ...

One climate researcher observed how Sri Lanka is impacted by air pollution due to agricultural burning in India. The researcher claims that small time farmers have to burn their harvests but that ...

Supreme Court on noise pollution, Ashik v. Bandula The judgment referred to is Ashik v. Bandula and others, reported in [2007] 1 Sri Lanka Law Reports on page 191, which was widely welcomed. The case ...

Justice Samayawardhena Committee report In 2023, the Minister of Justice appointed a committee chaired by Justice Mahinda Samayawardhena, Judge of the Supreme Court, to review laws and regulations ...

Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years. Bangkok officials also announced free public transport ...

Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc picked three wickets each to reduce Sri Lanka to 229 for the loss of nine wickets on the opening day of the second Test match between the two teams in Galle.

More than 350 schools in Bangkok have been forced to close due to air pollution, authorities in Thailand’s capital have said. The Thai capital has been struggling with hazardous air quality ...

President Anura Kumara Disanayake has appointed Air Vice Marshal Vasu Bandu Edirisinghe as the new Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The appointment letter was handed over to him today (27) by ...

Mr. Premasiri said that air pollution has no borders and transboundary air pollution in South Asia is a growing problem. In Sri Lanka, a drop in air quality has been recorded in the past five years ...

But with Delhi going to the polls for important state assembly elections on 5 February, things are changing, and air pollution is finally finding its way into political debates and manifestos.

Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that disrupt ...