Anuradhapura

Yesterday’s incident in the Anuradhapura prison is a warning about another danger area that can explode to our common peril.

He made these comments while addressing the maiden election rally of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in Anuradhapura today (9).

It was reported that the accident occurred on the Anuradhapura-Kurunegala main road at around 2.45 p.m. this afternoon.

Sri Lanka’s controversial wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on Monday sworn in as the country’s President at the Ruwanweli Seya precincts in the ancient north central town of Anuradhapura.

Sri Lanka's President-elect Rajapaksa gestures during the presidential swearing-in ceremony in Anuradhapura on November 18, 2019.

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (C) speaks during his swearing-in ceremony at the Ruwanwelisaya temple in Anuradhapura on November 18, 2019.

Addressing a gathering held in Anuradhapura, Semasinghe alleged that the government is misusing public funds for advertising propaganda activities which contain false information regarding reliefs provided by government to public.

A state bank in Thalawa town in Anuradhapura has been robbed of its money and jewelry, by a group of thieves.

He says that the catalyst for reinstating the death penalty was the Anuradhapura murder broadcasted on TV Derana recently.

PAFFREL said one incident is with regard to an attempt to molest a woman candidate of SLFP in Anuradhapura district.

The rally drew not just workers, but also farmers from as far as Anuradhapura, about 200 km north of Colombo.

These developments are made under a plan to complete the Bhiksu University in Anuradhapura as an International Buddhist University spending Rs.213 million.

In 429, by request of China's emperor, nuns from Anuradhapura were sent to China to establish the order there, which subsequently spread across East Asia.

Sri Lanka was ruled by 181 monarchs from the Anuradhapura to Kandy periods.

These are ancient sources which cover the histories of the powerful ancient Sinhalese kingdoms of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa which lasted for 1500 years.

Vasabha (67–111 AD), named on the Vallipuram gold plate, fortified Anuradhapura and built eleven tanks as well as pronouncing many edicts.