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Japan funds agro well project in Anuradhapura  -  27 Sep 2008
Ceylon Daily News,...wells in the Maddyama Nuwaragampalatha Divisional Secretariat division in Anuradhapura, which will be implemented by the Women’s Development Society.

Glory of Anuradhapura and Sinhala  -  Sep 24, 2008
Lankaweb,Indeed Anuradhapura should be the capital, no doubt. It is most certainly where the Sinhala civilization sprung up now forgotten in decadent Colombo,

Bring back the glory of Anuradhapura  -  Sep 22, 2008
Lankaweb,I appeal to the President of Sri Lanka to bring back the glory of Anuradhapura by declaring it the Capital of Sri Lanka, at least symbolically.

Money Museum in Anuradhapura  -  Sep 20, 2008
Sunday Observer,The second such Central Bank Money Museum was opened in Anuradhapura recently at the Central Bank Regional Office there. Ancient currencies, coins and notes

Nimal Wijesinghe- Anuradhapura additional district group correspondent  -  Sep 17, 2008
Ceylon Daily News,Farmers in the Anuradhapura district have cultivated 68000 hectares with paddy in the 2008 Yala season which is a record in the history of normal Yala

More paddy purchasing in Anuradhapura  -  Sep 14, 2008
Ceylon Daily News,The Anuradhapura paddy marketing board (PMB) will buy more paddy to maintain a buffer paddy stock to prevent an artificial price increase.

Milk production in A’pura exceeds 3 million litres a month  -  Sep 23, 2008
Ceylon Daily News,According to statistics of the Provincial Animal Production and Health authorities, the Anuradhapura district has ben placed as the second largest milk

Dr. Johnpulle seeking Rs. 50 mn as compensation  -  Sep 19, 2008
Daily Mirror,Dr. Johnpulle cited North Central Province Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake, IGP Jayantha Wicremaratne, MP Duminda Dissanayake, the Anuradhapura

* The second Money Museum of Sri Lanka to be opened in Anuradhapura  -  Sep 2, 2008
Colombo Page,Sept 02, Colombo: The second Money Museum of Central Bank of Sri Lanka will be declared open in Anuradhapura, the capital city of the North Central Province

* Rat fever alarmingly spreading in Sri Lanka  -  Sep 24, 2008
Colombo Page,Health statistics revealed Colombo, Gampaha, Matara, Kalutara, Kurunegala, Kandy, Hambantota and Anuradhapura are the main districts where the rat fever is

Kurunegala unbeaten group champs  -  Sep 24, 2008
Daily Mirror,Earlier, Kurunegala defeated the Anuradhapura and Matale District teams easily and emerged unbeaten group “A� champions and now are qualified for the second

Sri Lanka: Big onion purchasing programme begins  -  Sep 24, 2008
FreshPlaza,...the first stock of big onions cultivated in Thalawa, Anuradhapura was purchased by the Sri Lanka Co-operative Marketing Federation Limited (Markfed).

We are indebted to future generations: Champika  -  Sep 23, 2008
Daily Mirror,The Minister, yesterday, gave appointments to 31 Provincial Environment Officers from Anuradhapura, Badulla, Nuwara-Eliya, Ampara, Moneragala, Ratnapura,

Over 1100 die of rat fever in Sri Lanka  -  Sep 23, 2008
Daily News & Analysis,Gampaha, Matale, Kalutara, Kegalle, Colombo, Kandy, Kurunegala, Matara, Hambantota and Anuradhapura have been spotted as the the worst affected districts

Sept 11 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Sri ...  -  Sep 11, 2008
Reuters India,ANURADHAPURA - An unmanned Sri Lanka Air Force surveillance drone was damaged when it made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from an air force base

* Sri Lanka Prisons Department to cultivate its own rice requirement  -  Sep 22, 2008
Colombo Page,...has taken measures to grow its annual rice requirement by cultivating 1000 acres of state-owned paddy lands in Horowpathana area in Anuradhapura.

Francisco, Madusanka and Karunaratne  -  Sep 15, 2008
The Island (subscription),Deciding to bat first, skipper Eranda Edirisinghe’s 35 and Tharindu Weerasinghe’s 43 runs were the top scores for Anuradhapura who were bowled out in the

Black Day For The Black Tigers  -  Sep 15, 2008
Strategy PageLast Fall, two dozen of these commandos raided the heavily guarded Anuradhapura air base, 170 kilometers north of the capital, killing 14 air force

DEW told of duplicity at provincial elections  -  Sep 19, 2008
Daily Mirror,...“The members of the opposition and the government allies told me they were barred from entering the counting centre at Anuradhapura.

Raman & the LTTE Readers Comment  -  Sep 18, 2008
Sri Lanka Army,But for Mr. Raman, a one time Additional Secretary in the Indian cabinet, the air attacks on Anuradhapura and Vavuniya were spectacular. 5.

Infant dies due to alleged negligence  -  Sep 15, 2008
Daily Mirror,By Upali Ananda - Anuradhapura. The Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate yesterday ordered the police to report to court immediately on the death of an infant due

Singer, supporting local education through CSR  -  Sep 20, 2008
Sunday Times.lk,In Tantrimalai in the Anuradhapura district Singer has undertaken to provide 400 school bags to the Wimalagana Maha Vidyalaya. Since 2005 the company said

Signal Sina Bo Wewa completes second camp Malkaduwa  -  Sep 8, 2008
Daily Mirror,In the next phase of Signal Sina Bo Wewa we’ll be visiting Anuradhapura, and we’d like to invite the families and students of the Anuradhapura region to

UNP to file suit against Berty and police  -  Sep 14, 2008
Daily Mirror,UNP Puttalam district parliamentarian, Palitha Range Bandara told Daily Mirror yesterday that Anuradhapura HQI, Sarath Prema, DIG, KPP Pathirana and SSP

GMOA threatens token strike  -  Sep 11, 2008
Daily Mirror,...“The doctors in Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa are serving under difficult situations. The Health Ministry and the Provincial Council have failed to pay the

Police team to inquire into attack on UNP official’s residence  -  Aug 28, 2008
Daily Mirror,By Upali Ananda –Anuradhapura. IGP Jayantha Wickremaratne has appointed a special police team to hold an inquiry into the incident of burning down the house

Dr. Johnpulle case: Court orders police to arrest suspects  -  Sep 9, 2008
Daily Mirror,By Upali Ananda – The Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Ruchira Weliwatte ordered Police Superintendent Ranjith Padmasiri to

UNP members of NCP take oaths  -  Sep 11, 2008
Daily Mirror,The UNP group included the Anuradhapura District Provincial Council Members Sunil Dissanayake, Anil Ratnayake, Kasthuri Anuradhanayaka, Rawuthar Neina

Students get suspended sentence for burglary  -  Sep 4, 2008
Daily Mirror,By Upali Ananda - Anuradhapura. "Provision of school education to children alone would not suffice to produce virtuous children to society.

* Sri Lankan govt will transport medical necessities and personnel ...  -  Sep 16, 2008
Colombo Page,The Health Minister said training will also be conducted for doctors in the Vavuniya and Anuradhapura hospitals on emergency techniques.

Several More Dead Heroes Identified as ICRC Hands over Eleven More  -  Sep 5, 2008
Sri Lanka Army,ANURADHAPURA: ELEVEN more corpses, including several soldiers that had gone missing during the height of intense and fierce battles that raged in the east

Outdated platelets: Probe on at A'pura Hospital  -  Aug 31, 2008
Ceylon Daily News,ANURADHAPURA: A special team investigating the alleged use of outdated platelet kits in blood transfusions in Government hospitals detected 30 such kits

What ails the NCP?  -  Sep 6, 2008
Sunday Times.lk,This is what is baffling,� Medical Officer of the Nephrology Unit at the Anuradhapura General Hospital, Dr.Dedunu Dias told The Sunday Times.

* Kidney disorders on the rise in Sri Lanka  -  Sep 15, 2008
Colombo Page,He pointed out that the increase of kidney diseases in the Anuradhapura district in North Central province is due to the accumulation of heavy metal in the

Wife remanded in alleged killing  -  Sep 8, 2008
Daily Mirror,Additional Magistrate of Anuradhapura Shiwantha Manchanayake ordered to remand the wife of the murdered Anuradhapura businessman, until September 15.

95 pc of A'pura population to get power by 2010  -  Sep 15, 2008
Ceylon Daily News,Plans are underway to provide electricity to 95 per cent of the population in Anuradhapura by 2010, Indigenous Medicine Minister Tissa Karalliyedde said.

When violent elections are the norm  -  Aug 29, 2008
United Press International, Asia,The burning of this house was discussed before the Anuradhapura Magistrate's Court a few days ago and the proceedings were reported in the Sri Lankan press.

Baby elephant rescued  -  Sep 7, 2008
Daily Mirror,The air force personnel had informed the Anuradhapura Wildlife Department after taking the baby elephant to the Puwarasakulama Air Force camp and the

The Latest Exercise in Tamil Genocide  -  Aug 30, 2008
Sri Lanka Watch,More than 120000 families are literally on the run for their lives moving away from bombardments by the Sri Lankan army deliberately aimed at civilian

End in sight?  -  Sep 23, 2008
Frontline,It was akin to the October 29, 2007, Tiger attack on the Anuradhapura base of the SLAF. Like the Anuradhapura operation, the pre-dawn swoop in Vavuniya

Air Force UAV makes forced landing  -  Sep 11, 2008
Daily Mirror,An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Air force had to make a forced landing at the Air Force base in Anuradhapura yesterday morning following a technical

Purchasing of the Yala paddy yield begins  -  Sep 13, 2008
ITN Sri Lanka,More than 1000 Marketing Agents have also been appointed to undertake purchases in paddy cultivation Districts such as Polonnaruwa, Ampara and Anuradhapura.

UNP to sue a’pura police officers  -  Sep 4, 2008
Daily Mirror,The UNP said yesterday it would sue certain senior police officers in Anuradhapura for the neglect of their duty when the residence and dispensary of the

Medical doctors to launch token strike  -  Sep 13, 2008
Nation on Sunday,Medical doctors attached to the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa Hospitals will launch a token strike on September 17, demanding that they be paid overtime

FONCA holiday for children  -  Sep 13, 2008
Sunday Times.lk,...caretakers from Maggona, Matale, Mirigama and Inamaluwa were housed in the spacious buildings and grounds of the Deaf and Blind School, Anuradhapura.

Singer, supporting local education through CSR  -  Sep 12, 2008
Daily Mirror,In Tantrimalai in the Anuradhapura district Singer has undertaken to provide 400 school bags to the Wimalagana Maha Vidyalaya. This constitutes as entire

Rock Kingdom: Sri Lanka’s rock monuments are a bedrock of culture  -  Sep 1, 2008
ArabianBusiness.com (press release),They are found in the original city of Anuradhapura, in the north of the island, and in the far south at Buduruvagala, in the medieval capital of

Conservation laws, farmers should not be affected: Minister  -  Sep 11, 2008
Daily Mirror,...the Minister pointed out that the means of livelihood of many people in his constituency of Anuradhapura is chena cultivation.

Teachers turning up to mark A /L scripts threatened: Edirisinghe  -  Aug 28, 2008
Daily Mirror,He charged that teacher trade unions that had decided to boycott paper marking had been behind this incident in Anuradhapura as they had in other parts of

Rural electrification of East at Rs 4000m  -  Sep 10, 2008
The Island (subscription),The rural villages in the Monaragala, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts would also be supplied with electricity and around Rs.900 million would be

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