The proposed widening and development of a 3.5km road stretch from Ilumbakanda to Suriyakanda on the edge of the Sinharaja Forest Reserve (SFR) will not be permitted and remain as a ‘Nature ...

The construction of a controversial road cutting through a section of the Sinharaja Forest – a world heritage site and the only primary rain forest in Sri Lanka was suspended yesterday amid ...

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has sent a letter of demand to environmentalist Sajeewa Chamikara seeking Rs. 500 million for making a defamatory statement at a media ...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today instructed to temporarily suspend road development work taking place near the Sinharaja Forest & World Heritage site following a complaint lodged by local ...

The authorities in Sri Lanka say they have suspended work on a controversial road project ... of the impact the work would have on the nearby Sinharaja forest. The forest, in southern Sri Lanka ...

The latest among these is a road that will be constructed adjacent to the World Heritage Site of the Sinharaja Rainforest. The proposed road will connect Pothupitiya/ Illuokanda to Rakwana/Deniyaya ...

(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today instructed to temporarily suspend road development work taking place near the Sinharaja Forest & World Heritage Site. The Road ...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the suspension of the construction of a road between Neluwa Lankagama and Pitadeniya , skirting the Sinharaja rainforest. Environmentalists who were up in arms ...

(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) The government today defended the Sinharaja forest road project saying it is not a new road but an existing one which has now been developed. Responding to a question ...

The authorities in Sri Lanka say they have suspended work on a controversial road project ... of the impact the work would have on the nearby Sinharaja forest. The forest, in southern Sri Lanka ...