COLOMBO (News 1st): The Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation has requested the Ministry of Highways, to continue with the construction of the Central Expressway, in a manner that does NOT require the Sri Lankan Legume tree located near the Daraluwa Railway Station to be removed, a ministry o...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The report compiled on the Sri Lankan Legume or Crudia zeylanica tree located at the Central expressway construction site in Daraluwa, was submitted to Minister of Wildlife & Forest Conservation, C. B. Rathnayake, a ministry official said. "The government will take any fur...

Colombo (News 1st); Environmentalists have strongly opposed to any move to relocate the only surviving tree of the Sri Lankan Legume or Crudia zeylanica was saved in the nick of time on Sunday (07). There are serious concerns as to whether Sri Lanka in fact has the technlogy required to relocate ...

Colombo (News 1st); The only surviving tree of the Sri Lankan Legume or Crudia zeylanica was saved in the nick of time on Sunday (07) by Gampaha Division Wildlife Officer Devani Jayathilaka. The Sri Lanka legume (Crudia zeylanica) was discovered and named a new species in 1868. Since then, how...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Highways Ministry and the Road Development Authority have received cabinet approval to borrow more than Rs. 31.7 billion from foreign or domestic sources for the construction of the first section of the Central Expressway. The third phase of the Central Expressway which ru...