The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur in Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-western provinces while light showers are expected to occur in
Anuradhapura District.
The leader of the Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim (JMI) in
Anuradhapura has been arrested..
In Sri Lanka, two ancient cities have always been-unfairly-compared:
Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.
ISLAMABAD -- Most Sacred Relics of Lord Buddha brought from Pakistan are being exhibited for general public in Sri Sarananda Maha Pirivena,
Anuradhapura District on 9th and 10th May 2018.
ISLAMABAD -- The Most Sacred Relics of Lord Buddha from Taxila Pakistan are currently being exhibited for general public in Thanthirimalaya Rajamaha Viharaya, Thanthirimalaya,
Anuradhapura for two days on the occasion of Poson Full Moon Poya Day, says a press release received here today from Colombo, Sri Lanka.
He stressed that some 111,459 families in the districts of
Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Hambantota, Puttalam, Mannar, Vavuniya, Moneragala, and Ampara had been affected by the prolonged situation.
Another ancient civilisation, also said to contain the mythical capital of Ravana, in the Buddhist circuit is
Anuradhapura. One of the most well- preserved ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, the site lies 205 km north of the present- day capital Columbo.
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Last year, a monk led a crowd to demolish a Muslim shrine in
Anuradhapura, near Dambulla.