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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.

Excellence Awards : Proud moment
President Mahinda Rajapaksa participated at the presentation of Committee of Vice Chancellors and Directors of Sri Lanka (CVCD) Excellence Awards 2010 at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. Here Health Sciences Most Outstanding Young Researcher Dr Manjula Deshapriya Hettiarachchi of the Nuclear Medicine Unit of Ruhuna University, Most Outstanding Researcher Prof S A M Kularatne, Department of Medicine, Peradeniya University; Technology and Related Sciences Most Outstanding Researcher Prof N T S Wijesekera, Civil Engineering Department, Moratuwa University; Biological Sciences Most Outstanding Researcher Prof M J S Wijeratne, Zoology Department, Kelaniya University; Physical Sciences Most Outstanding Researcher Prof M A K L Dissanayake, Physics Department, Peradeniya University and Humanities and Social Sciences Most Outstanding Researcher Prof M Wijeratne, Agri Economics Department, Ruhuna University with President Rajapaksa. Picture by Chandana Perera

Call to expedite India ferry service

Plans are underway to commence a ferry service from Thalaimannar to India’s Rameshwaram with BOI approval in the near future. East West Pvt Ltd Chairman Nahil Wijesuriya has requested the BOI to renew the approval granted in 2002 to commence a ferry service which is an investment of Rs 400 million.

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Liquor firm fined Rs 100 m

Excise discovers major scam:

Largest ever detection:

The Excise Department has slapped a Rs 100 million fine on a licensed liquor manufacturer in Hanwella for swindling the state of revenue for understating stocks to the Excise Department. This is the biggest ever excise fine imposed to date in the country, Excise Commissioner General D G M V Hapuarachchi said.

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Awards for outstanding researchers

The Government recognized the accomplishment and contribution made by academic staff of the Sri Lankan university system in the field of research, innovation and invention at the third awards of Committee of Vice Chancellors and Director of Sri Lanka (CVCD) at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

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In order to keep pace with world trends:

Digital leap for broadcasting

Analogue system to wither away by 2017:

The terrestrial television broadcasting system would be converted to digital technology to keep pace with world trends, Cabinet spokesman and Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

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