The air quality in Colombo remains unhealthy for sensitive groups while air quality in other parts have improved to good and moderate levels.
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO)’s Director of Environmental Division, H.D.S Premasiri explained that overall the air quality has improved as there are no external factors such as the cyclonic condition contributing to the air quality.
However he explained that air quality in Colombo remains unhealthy as air pollutants from factories, exhaust from vehicles and power plants get released to the atmosphere.
According to the Dynamic Air Quality Map of the NBRO Colombo recorded 58.0 particulate matter making air condition Unhealthy for sensitive groups while Badulla, Dambulla, Kurunegala and Kandy Batticaloa recorded 30 to 43 particulate matter by 11.30 am.
Anuradhapura, Nallur, Mullativu and Nuwara Eliya recorded good air quality conditions, recording particulate matter levels below 25.
The Government is finalising a list of names to be posted as heads of Sri Lanka’s missions abroad with ex-Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya assuming the position of Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Kandiah (Ken) Balendra, a veteran corporate leader and the first Sri Lankan chairman of John Keells Holdings (JKH) has passed away at the age of 85.
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Chief Justice Murdu Fernando has forwarded the names of four senior High Court judges to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to fill four existing vacancies in the Court of Appeal.
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