Owners of a Singapore-registered vessel urged Colombo on Friday to consider more 鈥榬ational鈥� compensation after they were ordered to pay $1 billion in damages for causing Sri Lanka鈥檚 worst case of environmental pollution...
The interim government has decided to suspend the leasing process of 17 stone quarries out of 51 in the country over environmental concerns.
In an effort to reduce air pollution, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has sent a letter to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority requesting it to remove buses and minibuses older than 20 years, and trucks and covered vans older than 25 years from roads.
To control environmental pollution caused by single-use plastic items, the Cabinet Division has instructed all government offices to use alternative products...