Director General Wimal Kandambi stated that many roads and bridges across the country have been severely damaged due to ...

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), April 06, 2025 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Sri Lanka’s Anuradhapura on April 06. He was accompanied by Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed officials to prepare the farmers in the Anuradhapura District whose paddy ...

This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist ...

Author is an art historian, filmmaker and photographer. One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island of Sri Lanka not ...

Anuradhapura, one of the most sacred and historically significant cities in Sri Lanka, has once again found itself in the national spotlight—this time not merely as a spiritual capital but as a ...

Anuradhapura, established in the 4th century BCE, was Sri Lanka’s capital for over 1,300 years. It remains vital for its cultural and spiritual heritage. Known for the Sri Maha Bodhi tree and ...

The diocese covers a land area of 10,258.5 square kilometers, the diocesan territory includes Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa deanery and two districts. Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri ...

ICOMOS monitoring missions to these three World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka were undertaken in November December 1994. The final and comprehensive report of this mission was submitted by ICOMOS in ...