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Sri Lanka Air Pollution Kills 7,000 a Year as Homes Choke Sri Lanka air pollution is linked to 7,000 deaths yearly, with dangerous indoor smoke putting women and poorer households at growing risk.

By The Morning Telegraph August 7, 2026

By Roy Denish. Sri Lanka air pollution is linked to 7,000 deaths yearly, with dangerous indoor smoke...

Government Plans Two-Year National Programme to Fight Dengue Health teams supporting Sri Lanka’s two-year national dengue programme by inspecting possible mosquito-breeding sites

By The Morning Telegraph August 6, 2026

Sri Lanka plans a two-year national dengue programme using drones, inspections and community action as cases exceed...

Eight Dead as Severe Weather Affects Over 16,000 in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka severe weather causes flooding and landslides across affected districts

By The Morning Telegraph August 6, 2026

Sri Lanka severe weather has killed eight people and affected more than 16,000, with floods and landslides...

Sri Lanka Asbestos Crisis Exposes a Silent Health Risk Sri Lanka asbestos crisis involving ageing roofing sheets, airborne fibres and unprotected construction workers

By The Morning Telegraph August 3, 2026

By Roy Denish, former US-based industrial hygienist. Sri Lanka asbestos crisis exposes workers and households to airborne...

By The Morning Telegraph August 3, 2026

By Roy Denish. University of Peradeniya leopard warning renewed after a calf was killed, with students and...

The X-Press Pearl Betrayal: How State Officials and Corporate Shields Institutionalized a National Environmental Tragedy X-Press Pearl compensation controversy following the 2021 maritime disaster and plastic pollution off Sri Lanka’s western coast

By The Morning Telegraph July 20, 2026

By Roy Denish. The X-Press Pearl compensation battle exposes disputed legal decisions, an alleged US$250 million bribe...

Former AG Smoked Cigars as 80,000 Fishermen Lost Livelihoods X-Press Pearl compensation case controversy involving Sri Lanka’s legal strategy, environmental damage and fishing communities

By The Morning Telegraph July 9, 2026

By Roy Denish. X-Press Pearl compensation case faces a corruption probe after Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court condemned...

By The Morning Telegraph July 9, 2026

By Roy Denish. A Kitulgala wildlife trafficking case has ended with a jewellery shop owner being fined...

Modara Fisheries Harbour Scandal Still Stinks Modara Fisheries Harbour in Colombo linked to a long-running corruption case over state-owned waterfront land