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  • Picture by Nimal Wijesinghe, Anuradhapura Additional District Group Corr.
    Special Unit to tackle issue soon
    Highlighting the increase in cases related to the human-elephant conflict (HEC), Anuradhapura Government Agent R.M. Wanninayake told the Daily News that wild elephants had begun to invade areas that...
  • Fruit cultivation project for Anuradhapura
    The Anuradhapura Agriculture Department has recently launched a fruit cultivation project at schools in the district. The project is being implemented under the supervision and patronage of the...
  • Rajarata Uni’s fourth international symposium
    The Rajarata University’s fourth international symposium on biodiversity and ecosystem services will be held at the university premises on October 17 and 18. It will be funded by the United Nations...
  • Minister Duminda Dissanayake addressing the gathering. Picture by Nimal Wijesinghe, Anuradhapura Additional District Group Corr.
    ‘Cabinet proposal for more irrigation wells’
    Development was not limited to education and the supply of water, electricity and transportation, but to improving disaster management measures as well, Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster...
  • A water purification plant in Anuradhapura.
    Battle against kidney diseases intensified
    Mobile clinics in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Badulla, Ampara, Kurunegala, Matale, Moneragala, Hambantota, Puttlam, Kandy, Vavuniya and Mullativu have detected 26,652 persons affected with kidney...
  • Drought in Anuradhapura continues
    The drinking water crisis in Anuradhapura will worsen if the region does not receive sufficient rainfalls. The Mahaweli Water Management Committee has not supplied water to Nuwarawewa so far....
  • ‘Construction field booms despite material shortages’
    The construction field has developed immensely even though its stakeholders lack raw materials and bear prices increases in the field, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau (GSMB) Technological...
  • National Mediation Day celebrations on Oct. 3
    A ceremony to mark National Mediation Day would be held on October 3, at Temple Trees.President Maithripala Sirisena would be the chief guest.Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Justice and Prison...
  • The Malwathu Oya.
    Malwathu Oya reservoir work delayed
    The lower Malwathu Oya Reservoir construction work has been idling for years. A 3.6-km long dam over the Bogoda village near Thantrimale has to be built to complete the project. Rs. 13,500 million...
  • Politicians cannot do all - Duminda
    Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management Minister Duminda Dissanayake said the public must understand that politicians are not omnipotent and they do not have to lead every aspect from...
  • Thousands affected by water scarcity
    Three hundred thousand people in Anuradhapura had been affected by the limited water supply from the Nuwara Wewa, due to the prevailing drought.Anuradhapura Government Agent R.M. Wanninayake had...
  • CITES Conference held in Sri Lanka next May
    Sri Lanka has signed the host country agreement to hold the CITES World Wildlife Conference in Sri Lanka.The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to...