Nimal Wijesinghe Anuradhapura Additional district group corr.

Native treatment to cure kidney diseases to be introduced

North Central Provincial Council has decided to introduce native treatment which has been proved to cure kidney patients, including CKDu patients, in all ayurveda hospitals...
G. L. Peiris’ clan faces sure defeat: Minister Dissanayake

The G. L. Peiris clan is facing a sure defeat at the forthcoming local government elections. They don't have any stable political future. I with other SLFP members invite...
True SLFPers should rally round its leader: Duminda

Today a group who entered parliament under the SLFP banner is engaged in promoting a separate political party betraying the mother party and attempting to divide the SLFP,...
Destructive aquatic plant invades Anuradhapura

A unidentified aquatic plant is invading the Anuradhapura Mahakanadarawa reservoir. The Mahakanadawara Integrated Farmer Organisation has submitted a report on the situation...

Delay in resettlement causes uproar

Delay in resettling nearly 300 families affected by the Yan Oya reservoir resulted in unrest among the people in the area.They are waiting to rebuild their lives, but they say the proposed land for...
Seed paddy, maize seeds on credit basis to drought-affected farmers

The government is prepared to provide seed paddy and maize seeds on credit basis to drought-affected farmers who are unable to afford it.A 50 percent subsidy scheme is also being launched in this...
Severe drought hits Anuradhapura

A severe drought is affecting the Anuradhapura district, Irrigation Department Water Management and Training Director Wasantha Palugaswewa told the Daily News.He said there are 73 major reservoirs...
Chief Ministers’ Summit held at Habarana

The Chief Ministers Summit was held at Habarana Cinnamon Lodge hotel with President Maithripala Sirisena participating as the chief guest. At the Summit, a number of resolutions of national and...
Construction of incomplete school buildings accelerated

There are a number of uncompleted school buildings in the North Central Province which are yet to be completed. the PC (NCP ) has been allocated around 7,000 million recently for attending to the...
‘NPC to receive pure drinking water soon’

President Maithripala Sirisena has focused on providing pure drinking water to people in the North Central Province (NPC) as soon as possible, NCP Chief Minister Peshala Jayaratne Bandara said.He was...
Farmers to be compensated for loss of income due to weather

Farmers who cultivated amid unruly weather and climatic conditions, and those didn't cultivate their land due to the scarcity of water will be paid compensation from the first week of April, said...
Emergency food cultivation programme for Anuradhapura

The President's Task Force on National Food Production has approved the proposed Anuradhapura district emergency short-term food crops cultivation programme in view of the prevailing drought....
Over 15,000 children in A’pura district malnourished

Anuradhapura District Additional Secretary Saman Bandulasena at a recent District Agriculture Committee Meeting said a survey revealed that over 15,000 children in the Anuradhapura district had been...
Additional food crops failing

A large number of paddy farmers in Anuradhapura who have started cultivating additional food crops due to the prevailing drought using limited water resources have fallen from the frying pan to the...
Maize cultivation promotion programme initiated

A programme to cultivate maize on 95,000 hectares islandwide is being initiated. Under this programme, the issue of maize seeds to 1,500 farmers in the Kalawewa electorate was carried out recently...
Rs. 7,200 m to develop NCP schools

A schools infrastructural development programme is being implemented in the North Central Province at a cost of Rs. 7200 million. Chief Minister Peshala Jayarane Bandara told the Daily News that 800...