පිලිපීනයට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් අලි පැටියෙක්‌

රනිල් ධර්මසේන

පිලිපීනයේ මැනිලා සත්වෝද්‍යානයට අලි පැටවකු පරිත්‍යාග කිරීමට ඇමැති මණ්‌ඩලය තීරණය කර ඇත.

පිලිපීන රාජ්‍යය සමග රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රික සම්බන්ධතා ආරම්භ කර 50 වසරක්‌ සම්පූර්ණවීම නිමිත්තෙන් මැනිලා නගරාධිපතිගේ ඉල්ලීම පරිදි මෙම අලි පැටවා පරිත්‍යාග කෙරේ.

අගමැති දි. මු. ජයරත්න මහතා මෙම යෝජනාව ඇමැති මණ්‌ඩලයට ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත.

http://www.divaina.com/2011/09/16/news23.html
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Sri Lanka gifts baby elephant amidst healthy population growth
Philippines- Sri Lanka golden jubilee of bilateral relations

by Zacki Jabbar

Sri Lanka is to donate a baby elephant to the Philippines to mark the golden jubilee of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Acting Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena told journalists in Colombo yesterday that the Cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal by Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne to donate a baby elephant from the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage to the Manila Zoo.

A recent official survey of Sri Lanka’s elephant population indicated that it was growing at a healthy rate and had reached 5,880.

The Cabinet, he said, also decided to commemorate World Habitat Day on October 3, this year.

Since 1986, the first Monday in October had been declared as World Habitat Day, Abeywardena said adding that the objective was to draw the attention of all stakeholders to problems pertaining to housing and settlements with a view to finding solutions.

A Memorandum submitted by Environment Minister Anura Priyadbarshana Yapa, to launch this year’s National Tree Planting Programme -’Deyata Sevana’ on November 15, from ‘Ranaviru Upahara Sandahiruseya’ in Anuradhapura was also approved by the Cabinet, he said.

Abeywardena, said that the tree planting programme will be implemented in collaboration with all Ministries, Departments, Corporations, Statutory Boards, Provincial Councils, ocal Authorities and District and Divisional Secretariats.

Among the other decisions taken, he said, was to conduct the National Health Week from October 3 to 9.

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=34696