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PS chairman held in bribery case

[July 05 2013]

Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil.

 

Anti-Dengue programmes in Kelaniya schools

[July 01 2013]

Public Health Inspectors attached to the Kelaniya MOH Office have taken steps to launch anti-Dengue programmes in 20 schools under the purview of the Kelaniya MOH Office. The programme will be conducted on the instructions of Kelaniya MOH Dr Wasantha Rajapaksa.

 

Principal dies during training

[June 30 2013]

Raddolugama Pagnananda Madya Maha Vidyalaya Principal W.A.S. Wickramasinghe died following a stroke while exercising in the morning at the Rantambe Cadet Camp. Wickremesinghe, 52, was among the 97 participants in the month long military leadership training programme for school Principals.

 

Senior Minister leaves for Geneva

[June 28 2013]

Senior Minister for International Monetary Co-operation and Deputy Minister of Finance & Planning Dr. Sarath Amunugama will leave for Geneva tomorrow to represent the Sri Lankan Government at the Annual Ministerial Review of the Economic & Social Council of the United Nations

 

President unveils Buddha statue

[June 25 2013]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa unveiled a six feet Samadhi Buddha statue erected at the entrance to the Mihintale sacred area concurrent to the 2320 Mihindu Jayanthi commemoration. The President performed the first flower and oil lamp offering to the statue constructed by the Civil Defence Force (CSD).

 

Train crashes into parked lorry, one dead

[June 24 2013]

One died and four passengers were seriously injured when a train bound for Galle crashed into a lorry at Angulana . According to Police sources, the train was packed with rush hour passengers knocked the train when it was parked close to the railway track.

 

Man nabbed with ganja in bag

[June 21 2013]

A 31-year-old male, resident in Paththinigama, Galnewa was arrested by Galnewa Police on afternoon while carrying 1.508 kgs of ganja hidden in a travelling bag after alighting from a Colombo-Anuradhapura bus at Paththinigama junction.

 

 

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees last morning. Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunewardena, Secretary to the President Lalith Weerathunga and Indian High Commissioner Ashok Kantha were also present. Picture by Chandrana Perera

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GDP records 7.1 percent growth in Q1

The economic output of Sri Lanka as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter (Q1) (January-March), of 2010 at constant (2002) prices is estimated at Rs. 643,539 million as against Rs. 601,084 million in the first quarter of 2009, registering a 7.1 percent growth, the Census and Statistics Department said.

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Lankan teens computer savvy

Sri Lanka’s younger generation is becoming increasingly computer savvy with the 15 to 19 age group topping the literacy ratio with 47.6 percent followed by the 20-24 age group 40.6 percent and the least literate being the 60-69 age group with 2.8 percent, a Census and Statistics Department survey revealed.

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Lake House Mihintale Aloka pooja:

Over two million in A’pura for Poson

Over two million devotees who flocked to Anuradhapura sans checkpoints and road barriers bear witness to freedom the country enjoys, Anuradhapura Government Agent H. M. K. Herath said.

 

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Six killed, 10 injured in lorry-van crash

Six people were killed and 10 others injured in a lorry-van collision near the Deduru Oya bridge along the Kurunegala-Dambulla main road yesterday. Among the dead were a young couple and their only child and three children aged two, four and six. The accident took place around 2.20 a.m. Ten people injured were admitted to the Kurunegala Hospital.

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International Buddhist University in Sanchi on Lanka’s request

An International Buddhist University will be established in Sanchi, India in the near future in accordance with a request made by Sri Lanka, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters in Colombo yesterday.

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