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Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Type: City

Name: Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Country: Sri Lanka

Latitude: 8.32

Longitude: 80.410004

population: 60,954

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Editorial - No money for life-saving drugs; Second-degree murder $

The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC), which supplies life- saving or essential drugs to public hospitals and medical clinics, was reported yesterday to have run out of funds to buy drugs because the Treasury had cut the Health Ministry’s budgetary ... [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Drugs, Second-degree murder, Allotment, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 reports

Sri Lankan trade unions claim strike a success; govt. calls it a big flop

While the Coordinating Committee of Sri Lanka’s Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA) maintained that their token strike against the electricity tariff hike was successful all round the country, the Sri Lankan government said that overall attendance in public ... [Published Asia News Network - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Trade Union, Sri Lanka, Bandula Gunawardena, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Toot May 15 Trains ply on Sri Lanka's northern railway track

The rebuilt track from Madawachchiya to Madhu Road on a track leading to Talaimnnar in the northeast was commissioned on May 14, with a train leaving from Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka's north central province at 9.48 am.The train had reached newly built ... [Published Lanka Business Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), Basil Rajapaksa, US Dollar

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Repair fax machines at post offices

as an additional public holiday in lieu of the New Year holidays which fell on April 13 and 14 (week-end). Public and private enterprises are entitled to eight statutory holidays, Poya holidays and week-end holidays in common. In addition public enterprises ... [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Post Office, Cadmium, Sri Lanka, Kalutara (Sri Lanka), Fertilizer

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Let's preserve our Buddhist cultural identity

Even before the Buddha's time, this pearl of pearls in the Indian Ocean has survived with pride. It has been triumphant over the ruins of alien invasion. Stunningly beautiful, gifted with an ideal climate, glistening beaches, eye catching scenery and ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 18 2013]

Entities: Buddhism, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), Religion, Sri Lanka, Irrigation

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka Health Ministry commences programme to measure fluoride content in well water

* May 16, Colombo: The Health Ministry of Sri Lanka will commence a programme to measure the fluoride content in well water.The Ministry said the programme has already commenced in the Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kurunegala districts. These areas have ... [Published Colombo Page - May 16 2013]

Entities: Fluoride, Ground Water, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

LEADERSHIP IN MOTION _ EFFICACY OF Local government -- President

Entities: Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), Leadership, Irrigation

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

85% of loans spent for North-Basil

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that 85 percent of foreign loans to the country were spent on developing the North and resettling people displaced by the war.Minister Rajapaksa was addressing the crowd which attended the opening of ... [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 14 2013]

Entities: Basil Rajapaksa, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

First phase of Sri Lanka’s northern railway project commissioned

The first phase of Sri Lanka's northern railway project -- funded by a line of credit facilitated by the Indian government $ was commissioned on Friday.Coaches in bright red chugged along from Medawachchiya in Anuradhapura, the North Central Province, ... [Published The Hindu - May 14 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Ircon International, Ashok K Kantha, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), Basil Rajapaksa

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Minor Ailments in Pregnancy Are Not a Minor Concern for Pregnant Women: A Morbidity Assessment Survey in Rural Sri Lanka

by Suneth Buddhika Agampodi, Nuwan Dharshana Wickramasinghe, Jennifer Horton, Thilini Chanchala AgampodiBackgroundAlthough maternal mortality has become a major focus on global public health agenda, maternal morbidity is a neglected area of research. ... [Published Elites TV - May 11 2013]

Entities: Pregnancy, Morbidity, Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

The $460,000 treasure used as a garden step

One of the highlights of the latest raft of Islamic auctions in London was an unusual half-moon-shaped 10th/11th century granite temple step from Sri Lanka which had spent years in a Devon garden.The massive 8ft 9in (2.46m) wide step, which weighed in ... [Published Antiques Trade Gazette - May 08 2013]

Entities: William Murdoch, Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), 11th century, Civil engineer

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Life Abroad – Part 26: WITHOUT CAP, GOWN OR CONVOCATION

Sir Arthur C. Clarke found his way to Sri Lanka in 1956 intending to stay for six months to write a book on exploration of the Sri Lanka’s coastal waters. Until his demise, not so long ago, he decided to remain here for life. Sri Lankans are generally ... [Published LankaWeb - May 03 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, London, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Quotes

"It was successful only in some place such as Railway Department and Printing Corporation" Madduma Bandara said adding that people got afraid when government cancelled all leave and they reported to work yesterday

Sri Lankan trade unions claim strike a success; govt. calls it a big flop [Published Asia News Network - 19 hours ago]

" So now you must look at devolution only from the point of view of efficient governance. How effective and efficient government should be. So if you take the historical aspect in Sri Lanka from the time of monarchy there has been devolution of power although the king was all powerful "

“Revert to District Council” [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 20 2013]

"In Sri Lanka, we're here to witness the power of faith, to admire people's deep sincerity toward Buddhism, and to reflect on what we Thai Buddhists have lost in our pursuit of material comfort and convenience, that we equate with happiness."

BACK TO BUDDHISM'S BASICS IN SRI LANKA [Published Bangkok Post - May 18 2013]

"My vision of a new Sri Lanka is to interface development between cities and villages. We must bring the facilities of the city to the village, and the value system and environment of the village, to the city. This will ensure a livelihood of quality for all Sri Lankans. Sri Lanka’s local government system has been the main implementation body, giving effect to this process" said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the Commonwealth Local Government Conference in Kampala on Tuesday

LEADERSHIP IN MOTION _ EFFICACY OF Local government -- President [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 15 2013]

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Somawathiya Stupa amidst the lush wilderness [Published Sunday Observer - May 12 2013]
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Emerging May 10 Sri Lanka smartphone sales to t... [Published Lanka Business Online - May 11 2013]

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Archiving ‘Her Stories’: In convers... [Published groundviews - Apr 28 2013] Her Stories , a unique archive of oral history, was conceived of and curated by Radhika Hettiarachchi. We begin by Radhika going in to what the archive is, and how it came about. Featuring 240 stories of mothers, the archive’s website avers, These ...
Anti-Hate Rally Attempts to Tackle Emerging Rac... [Published Global Voices Online - Apr 27 2013] Anti hate activists in Sri Lanka plan to gather in the capital city of Colombo on the 28th of April. The country has recently seen a spate of isolated violent attacks and broad based hate rhetoric against minorities. This rally comes just two weeks ...
Beyond collective egos: Our relational grounds ... [Published groundviews - Apr 24 2013] While racial hatred burns, with fires so ably lit by the ignorant on both sides of Palk Straits, there is another source of energy – hidden from view but none the less real – that burns deep inside. For the Sinhala Buddhist today, regaining identity ...
A Missing Person in Sri Lanka: Heartfelt Issues... [Published groundviews - Mar 28 2013] Image courtesy Salon / AP Photo by Eranga Jayawardena When I was in Sri Lanka from mid-April to early June 2009 I was on holiday with my wife and not able to pursue investigations in any depth. In contrast my sojourn in May-June 2010 focused on ...
Police detains families of disappeared from Nor... [Published groundviews - Mar 07 2013] [ Editors note: See our earlier report, Police impeding the movement of Tamils .] March 5th, 2013, Vavuniya On March 5th, 2013, at about 8.30pm, the Police blocked about 600 persons, comprising families of the disappeared and civil ...