COLOMBO (News 1st): A vessel will reach the Sri Lankan waters on the 19th or 20th of January 2022, to remove the MV X-PRESS PEARL shipwreck from the Sri Lankan waters, the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) said on Friday (Dec. 10). "The X-Press Feeders, operators of the container shi...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has launched an operation to retrieve the freight containers and other debris resting on the ocean floor, following the X-Press Pearl disaster, earlier this year. Chairperson of the Marine Environment Protection Authority Attorney-at-Law Darshani Lahandapura told New...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The X-Press Pearl Tragedy resulted in the spillage of an estimated 70-75 billion pellets of preproduction plastic material, known as nurdles, into the Sea of Sri Lanka and along the Sri Lankan coastline. This was highlighted in a study published in the Environmental Journal of...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Environmentalist Dr. Ajantha Perera urges the Government to expedite the process of obtaining compensation for the MV X-Press Pearl disaster. Speaking to media while protesting at the Bambalapitiya beach, Dr. Perera alleged that the Government has failed to obtain proper compe...

Prof  g. gCOLOMBO (News 1st); Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris called on the global community to establish a fund to recover environmental damage and losses considering the magnitude of the consequences of incidents such as the MV-Xpress Pearl disaster. Prof. G.L. Peiris made these remarks whi...