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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.

 

 

SLAF honours War Heroes: The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) honoured Officers and men killed in action at a ceremony attended by Chief of Defence Staff and Air Force Commander, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke Saturday. Chief of Staff Air Vice Marshal PB Premachandra, Deputy Chief of Staff Air Vice Marshal HD Abeywickrama and members of the Air Force Board of Management and senior officers attended the ceremony at the Sri Lanka Air force Monument at Ratmalana. Picture by Air Force Media Unit

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Sri Lankan industries able to excel sans GSP+

Sri Lankan industries have the ability to excel even without the General System of Preference (GSP+) concession. The GSP+ concession was indeed a bonus for the industries to enter into the international market, yet we cannot depend on concessions everlastingly, Dial Textile Industries (Pvt) Ltd., Managing Director, Neil Umagiliya told Daily News Business.

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Remittances top forex earnings

Remittances from Sri Lankan expatriate workers are expected to exceed US $ 4 billion this year making them the country’s number one foreign exchange earner. Authorities said if the current trends are to go by where the remittances received amounted to US $ 890 million during the first quarter of 2010 (growth of 14 per cent from last year) the target of US $ 04 billion at the year end, would be easily surpassed.

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Hydrophobia deadlier than dengue in Kurunegala

Hydrophobia has killed 56 people in 2007, 51 in 2008 and 58 in 2009 in Sri Lanka, Anti-rabies officials said. The officials citing data said hydrophobia had claimed 38 lives in Kurunegala during the last decade, while it had claimed more lives than dengue.

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Death threat on MP for voting with Govt

Kandy district United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian A.R.M.Abdul Cader has received death threats following his decision to vote in favour of the Budget at the end of its Second reading in Parliament Saturday.

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