Countries voice 1.5°C challenges at 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

Representatives from over 50 countries are participating in the three-day-long conference

Sri Lanka destroys ivory shipment worth US$3 Million

Lanka is the first South Asian country to publicly destroy seized ivory

Living on the edge

Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and promoting tourism …

Righting wrongs

SRI LANKA

In the bog

POISON WATER

THREATENED WETLAND

Colombo gains park, loses wetland

Environmentalists say walking trail through the wetland is blocking water ingress

South asia

Sri Lanka to prosecute Indian fishers in its custody

Judicial proceedings chosen over quick repatriation because fishers were committing the crime time and again, says Lankan minister

Sri Lankan army opens fire on people protesting against MNC for contaminating their water; three killed

12 villages in Gampha district were demanding closure of Hayleys' subsidiary, Dipped Products

New paradigm for sustainable transport in Asia: words or reality?

Most of the nations participating in recently concluded Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum presented ambitious mobility plans for their …

Road Design: Why do Indian cities never get it right?

Even cities in developing countries like Sri Lanka have well-designed streets and roads which encourage walking and cycling

Concrete invasion

Colombo’s marshes cannot avert floods the way they used to. Construction is to be blamed