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Submit applications for “Presidential Environment Awards – 2024” before March 15

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2024/03/3

By Ifham Nizam

The acceptance of applications for the “Presidential Environment Awards – 2024” program has commenced and will be closed on March 15th, 2024.

Director General Central Environmental Authority P. B. Hemantha Jayasinghe said that applications can be forwarded under the two main categories, namely “industries, businesses and project category” and “institutions, media, and social category”.

There are sixteen (16) sub-categories under the “industries, businesses and project category” Solid waste recovery/ recycling/ disposing and processing plants, Chemical industries, Vehicle service centers, Food and beverages industries, Hotels, Textile and textile processing industries, Pharmaceutical products and personal care product industries, Hospitals, Rubber-based production industries, Animal farms, Apparel industries, Tea factories, Packaging industry with printing, Mineral-related manufacturing industries, Renewable energy generating projects (Small scale hydropower projects/solar power projects/wind power generating projects) and Waste management projects of local authorities are the sub-categories of the “industries, businesses, and project category”.

Eight sectors will be evaluated under the “Institutional, mass media, and social categories”. Those are Schools, Environmental friendly public institutions, Environmental friendly private institutions, Individuals who are committed to environmental conservation, The best NGO that is committed to environment conservation and promotion, Eco-friendly innovations (Schools/ Universities and Tertiary educational Institutions/ Open Section), and Media category (There are two sub-categories as “individual” and “newspapers, radio, and television channels”).

Applications and more information can be obtained by logging in to the official website of the Central Environmental Authority www.cea.lk or by calling 0112873447, 0112872278, or hotline 0112888999. Further details can be obtained by calling Assistant Director Dr. Lakmini Radhika on 0706725222 and Senior Environment Officer Arsha Kumari on 0713486339. Acceptance of applications for the awards ceremony will be closed on March 15.

Evaluation of different categories will be carried out by experts of the relevant field and the decision of the expert committee shall be final and conclusive.

At the “Presidential Environment Awards”, contestants have the opportunity to win awards such as Presidential Environment Awards (Gold Awards), Silver Environment Awards, Bronze Environment Awards, and Merit Awards. The award ceremony, which is held with the aim of protecting Sri Lanka’s environmental security, has been arranged to be held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

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SC rejects petitioners’ request for full bench

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2026/09/2

Sahan Weerasooriya

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a request that the petitions challenging the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution be heard by a full bench of the Supreme Court.

Rejecting the request, Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena said the consideration of the petitions would proceed before the five-judge bench.

Appearing on behalf of one of the petitioners, President’s Counsel M. A. Sumanthiran made the request when the petitions were called for hearing yesterday before a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Surasena.

President’s Counsel Saliya Pieris, Ali Sabry, Geoffrey Alagaratnam, Eraj de Silva, Srinath Perera, Anura Meddegoda, and Maithri Gunaratne, along with other counsel appearing for several other petitioners, also made the same request.

Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne, appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, pointed out that the authority to determine the composition of a judicial bench rested with the Chief Justice. Refering to Article 132(3) of the Constitution, the Solicitor General argued that the discretion to determine the number of judges on a bench lay with the Chief Justice and that no other party had the authority to interfere in the matter.

Counsel including President’s Counsel Nigel Hatch, appearing for an intervening petitioner, also made submissions pointing out that the discretion to determine the composition of a bench rested with the Chief Justice.