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  • Cigarette sales decline sharply
    As a result of drastic anti-smoking campaign by the health ministry the number of cigarette smoked has decreased by one billion, according to the health ministry information...
  • State Radio Awards on January 12
    The State Radio Awards ceremony will be held on January 12 at Nelumpokuna with the participation of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe....
  • Cabinet approval sought to grow cannabis to produce drugs
    A Cabinet paper has been submitted to get approval to cultivate cannabis to manufacture Ayurvedic drugs, Health Ministry sources said.Canada and the UK among others have...
  • PRESIDENT NAMED SLFP CHOICE - DUMINDA
    The SLFP members in Anuradhapura yesterday adopted a resolution nominating President Maithripala Sirisena as the party’s next Presidential candidate.This proposal was...
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  • Inefficient planning led to compensation delays: Minister
     It is clear that the initial planning and construction of the Anuradhapura Yan Oya Reservoir Project had not been methodical. As a result, the whole programme; including the land acquirement/...
  • Excavating machines submerge in YanOya’
    Several excavating machines and a large quantity of sand have submerged in the Yan Oya reservoir project. The machine owners and sand miners have urged the project management and the irrigation...
  • Path to solve human-elephant conflict
    Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando, Chairman of a NGO specialising in research and conservation in the country in an interview with Daily News, recently spoke of the proposed Human-Elephant conflict (HEC)...
  • Anuradhapura CKD Centre ‘Methsiri Sevena’ opens in March
    Construction work of the Anuradhapura Methsiri Sevana, a stay centre for kidney patients is set to be commissioned by the President in March.The centre will be for those who require to visit the...
  • Drought affected in Anuradhapura seek relief
    The drought destroyed 130,000 hectares of paddy fields cultivated for the Maha 2018/19 in Anuradhapura and about 120,000 farmer families suffered untold hardships for two years since they did not...
  • Ministry to set up Genetic Diagnosis Technology Unit
    The Health Ministry has decided to set up a genetic diagnosis technology unit, recently. The ministry will receive technological assistance and guidance for the project from the United States of...
  • North Central Province Governor assumes office
    Sarath Ekanayake assumed duties as the North Central Province (NCP) Governor on January 7.The Governor called on the Atamasthanadhipathi Most Ven. Dr. Pallegama Siriniwasa Nayaka Thera at the...
  • A German made hi-tech weed harvesting machine being tested in Mahakanadarawa reservoir in Anuradhapura.
    Invasive plants spoil major tanks
    Invasive aquatic plants have spread in water sources destroying agriculture and fish varieties.The National Aquatic Development Authority (NAQDA) sources said invasive aquatic plants such as Najas...
  • A section of the participants, Picture by Nimal Wijesinghe
    PUCSL national plan in the offing
    The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator and the shadow regulator for the lubricant market, held public consultation sessions in nine provinces this year...
  • The Yan Oya Reservoir
    Yan Oya farmers await compensation
    Hundreds of farmers undergo severe difficulties since the State acquired their lands for the Yan Oya reservoir project. Its construction work commenced four years ago and now it receives water.The...
  • Anuradhapura tanks at 75 pc capacity
    The monsoon rains in the Anuradhapura district was currently limited to few intermittent showers in several locations, irrigation officials said. Anuradhapura government Agent R.M. Wanninayake,...
  • One million jackfruit saplings to be planted
    The Agriculture Ministry has launched an island-wide jackfruit and coconut sapling-planting project under the government’s Api Wawalai, Api Kanne food-production drive.The Agriculture and the...