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.

Eighty percent of the construction work of the No. 2 saddle dam of the Moragahakanda Reservoir Project has been completed. This earth filled dam is 374 metres in length, height 21 metres and the width of the surface is seven metres. The main dam of the Moragahakanda Reservoir which is 65 metres in height will be completed in concrete whilst the No. 1 saddle dam which will be 42 metres in height is a rock filled dam. The Mahaweli Authority expects to complete work on the No. 2 saddle dam which is being completed utilising local funds and local expertise in about two months.
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PCH IPO on August 5

Capital market booming now:

The Information Technology has been identified as a key economic driver of the country and it will play a major role in the country’s development drive. The country’s capital market shows improved performance as it accounts for 30 percent of the GDP.

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Prisons to undergo radical reforms

The Prisons Department will be subjected to radical reforms with immediate effect as the Department does not meet the present day requirement, Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister DEW Gunasekara said yesterday.

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Controlling Dengue menace:

Local BTI in market next week

Cuban BTI arriving soon:

The Government has paid money to the Cuban Government to import BTI bacteria to Sri Lanka. It will arrive in Sri Lanka soon. According to the normal procedure, Cuba produced the bacteria after Sri Lanka placed the order and paid money.

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International gold smuggling racket busted in India

Gold biscuits smuggled from Lanka seized:

The Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs Department at the Tiruchi airport, India have cracked an international gold smuggling racket and seized around five kgs of gold biscuits smuggled from Sri Lanka. The sleuths have arrested six Indian nationals for smuggling the gold worth Indian Rs 9 million Tuesday.

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