Nimal Wijesinghe

Labour Ministry to look into minimum salaries in all sectors

New rules and regulations enabling the increase of the minimum salary of private sector employees and the salaries of estate workers will be presented to Parliament shortly for legalization, Labour...

Anuradhapura farmers have little hope of Yala harvest

The 2022 Yala paddy cultivation has been dragging on showing little progress.Although it was planned to cultivate paddy on 91,500 hectares this Yala season, according to the...
More job opportunities for Sri Lankans in Malaysia

Malaysia has consented to opening a Vocational Training Centre in Colombo aimed at providing employment accommodation in Malaysia for Sri Lankans.This was revealed by...
Special train, bus services for Anuradhapura Poson

Special transport services have been arranged for devotees to visit Anuradhapura for the Poson Festival, government authorities said.Nine special trains have been deployed...
Number of HIV patients in Anuradhapura increases

Dr. Hema Weerakoon attached to the Sexual Health Centre of the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital told the Daily News that within the past five months alone, 13 HIV positive...

‘Permanent and temporary electric fences more suitable for thwarting Human-Elephant Conflict’

Permanent and temporary electric fences are more suitable to thwart the Human-Elephant Conflict than the 60 years old linear electric fence system for the Anuradhapura District, Anuradhapura...
‘Malwathu Oya Reservoir Project delaying due to economic crisis’

The Lower Malwathu Oya Multi-Sector Development Project construction is getting slower due to ongoing financial crisis, Anuradhapura Government Agent Janaka Jayasundara was told at a Progress Review...
Pre-schools in Anuradhapura being integrated

Physical resources of 544 pre-schools in the Anuradhapura District have been developed by providing them with necessary funds during the last few years, Anuradhapura Government Agent Janaka...
Fertilizer shortage still irks Anuradhapura paddy farmers

Farmers in the Anuradhapura District have cultivated nearly 45,000 hectares of paddy in the Yala season although it was initially planned to cultivate paddy in 91,500 hectares, mainly due to the...
Systematic self-employment training to Samurdhi recipients

The Samurdhi Development Department has launched a pilot programme for offering systematic self-employment training to around 10,000 low income earning persons in the Anuradhapura, Galle, Vavuniya,...
Freshwater Fish Industry in Anuradhapura promoted

The Anuradhapura District Aquaculture Development Authority has taken steps to promote freshwater fish production using 500 seasonal tanks in the Anuradhapura District.Anuradhapura District...
Rajarata farmers request for fertilizer for Yala cultivation

Farmers in Anuradhapura request for the immediate distribution of chemical fertilizer to start the 2022 Yala paddy cultivation.They are opposed to the move by the Irrigation Department releasing...
Educare Foundation donates books to students in Anuradhapura

Donating exercise books and educational equipment among the schoolchildren belonging to low income group families in Anuradhapura district is a highly meritorious and a commendable deed, Anuradhapura...
A’pura Organic fertilizer manufacturing project for Yala 2022 commences

Although it is true that the 2021/22 Maha Season paddy harvest has dropped by around 30% due to Organic agriculture when compared with the record drop in the expenditure incurred for importing of...
Scholarship programme

The Ceylon Eye Care Optometrists Association under the guidance of its founder and Chairperson Naresh Pradhan has provided scholarships to 10 students who excelled at the G.C.E.(Ordinary Level)...
Drinking water issue of 100,000 residents of Medawachchiya, Rambewa to end by June

Over 100,000 residents of Medawachchiya and Rambewa who have been suffering from an acute scarcity of drinking water for centuries will get ample drinking water within another three months since the...
Poverty Alleviation Centres to be set up islandwide

The Samurdhi Development Department and the Saubhagya Development Bureau in Anuradhapura are implementing a number of poverty alleviation projects throughout the island. These institutions had...
‘Electric Fences to be fortified with trenches to mitigate Human-Elephant Conflict’

Disaster Management State Ministry Secretary Major General (Rtd.) Palittha Fernando said that trenches will be excavated alongside electric fences as the latter alone might not be sufficient to...
Scholarships Programme launched for migrant workers’ children

A scholarship granting programme was set up for the children of migrant workers, Foreign Employment Bureau Chairman Major General Mahinda Sathurusinghe said.He was participating in a ceremony at the...
Facelift for 85 tanks in Anuradhapura District

Eighty five tanks in jungles of the Anuradhapura District will be renovated to provide water to the people and the wildlife, Anuradhapura Government Agent (AG) Janaka Jayasundara said.The GA was...