Nadarajah Sethurupan

Norway has pledged 145 million kroner ($16.6m) to an international partnership to combat illegal deforestation and help reach Paris climate accord goals. Climate and Environment Minister Ola Elvestuen says deforestation …

Norwegian State Secretary for Development Cooperation, Mr. Jens Frølich Holte, concluded a three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Saturday. During the visit, State Secretary Holte held meetings with the Minister …

UK regulator Ofcom has issued a warning to Lycamobile UK for failing to comply with EU roaming regulations. Following an own-initiative investigation opened in October 2017, Ofcom has provisionally concluded …

An important milestone has now been achieved, with the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) passing the last of its planned tests in the missile qualification programme. The development phase of the …

Organized criminals make 50-152 billion USD a year illegally cutting down invaluable tropical forests and their activities have detrimental consequences for sustainable development in rainforest nations and the global climate. …

New findings released today in Oslo suggest Indigenous Peoples and local communities dramatically outperform other managers, conserving lands and forests for a quarter the cost of public and private investments …

A “golden age” of technology–from satellites and remote sensing to cloud computing, drones and innovative ground data collection–have enabled the tracking and monitoring of the world’s tropical forests, providing an …

An emerging body of research on the non-carbon impacts of deforestation reveals that destroying tropical forests significantly alters the Earth’s delicate energy balance, rainfall, and wind systems, leading to warmer …

Norway’s Minister of Environment, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and leading Brazilian climate scientist among participants tackling illegal logging, biofuels, commodity-driven deforestation, the murder of indigenous …

USA Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomed Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide to the State Department, reaffirming the strong transatlantic partnership between the United States and Norway. …

The Government has issued an extraordinary gazette notification listing the names of 14 individuals living overseas with links to the LTTE and banning them from entering Sri Lanka, by placing …

The Ministry of Finance has adopted a new regulation on requirements for new residential mortgage loans. The new regulation replaces the current regulation, which is set to expire at the …

Many of the challenges the world is now facing can only be addressed through cooperation with other countries. The UN is the most important forum for international cooperation. Norway has …

Norway is the best place to be a reporter, placing first for the second year in a row, while North Korea remains last, according to the Reporters Without Borders’ 2018 …

The so-called troika in Sudan (USA, UK and Norway) has delivered a joint  statement on the ongoing clashes in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur. The text of the following statement was …

The government of Sri Lanka distributed drinking water at a very low price and giave priority to the investments made with the participation of government and private sector, SL Minister …

Norwegian diplomat and former UN’s special envoy to Kosovo, Kai Eide, has slammed the EU for non-liberalization of visas with Kosovo.   According Eide Kosovo deserves more from the EU. …

The long-awaited Norwegian research vessel, RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen, which sails around the globe helping developing countries set up ecosystem-based fishery management, will reach Colombo on June 22. The Nansen, …

The State Minister of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jens Frølich Holte will visit Sri Lanka this week during which he will discuss promotion of ocean-based industries. Holte’s visit …

After about 40 years, the world’s most advanced Norwegian marine research vessel, RV DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN, arrived in Colombo to survey Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. Welcoming the research vessel to …

The United States and its NATO allies continue to find ways to antagonize Russia. The latest provocation is a request from Norway to more than double the number of U.S. …

Imagine an airport you never want to leave. Architects are at work at making the wildest dreams of a captive audience of travelers into reality as part of an effort …

A member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is condemning President Trump for the “zero tolerance” immigration policy that has resulted in separated families, saying that the president is “no longer …

The Embassy of India today celebrated the 4th international Day of Yoga at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences (NIH), Oslo.

Advanced Norwegian research vessel, Dr Fridtjof Nansen will commence a three-week survey on fisheries resources and the marine ecosystem of Sri Lankan waters from tomorrow. It will cover the continental shelf and …