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First Lady at health camp
Carlton Suva Udana
First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa has a word with an elderly
citizen who attended a health camp held at the Abhinawaramaya,
Kataragama under the Carlton Suva Udana program recently. A
distribution of school equipment among several schools in
Kataragama was also held concurrently with this program. A group
of specialist doctors from Western Province conducted the health
camp organised with the assistance of the Health Ministry and
students of the Colombo Sirimavo Bandaranaike Balika Vidyalaya.
Kamala Ranatunge, MP, Sri Lanka Ayurveda Corporation Chairman
Somaweera Chandrasiri and Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya Vice
Principal Himali Pathirana were also present. Picture by Lalith
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Heavy fines
Edward WEERASINGHE- Kelaniya Group correspondent
Gampaha Additional Magistrate M Indika Attanayake imposed a fine of
Rs 5,000 and suspended the driving licence of an accused who pleaded
guilty to the offence for two months for riding a motorcycle under the
influence of liquor.
Accused was W S S Perera of Warahanthuduwa, Mahara.
Gampaha Additional Magistrate M Indika attanayake also imposed fines
amounting to Rs 45,000 on nine accused who pleaded guilty to the charge
of riding motorcycles under the influence of liquor.
The accused are between the ages of 19-24. They are from Gampaha,
Imbulgoda, Henegama, Udathuthiripitiya and Weliweriya areas. Weliweriya
Police prosecuted.
Motorcyclist dies in collision
Edward WEERASINGHE- Kelaniya Group Correspondent
Two motorcycles collided at Kandana town on Wednesday night and one
motorcyclist died on the spot.
The other motorcyclist was admitted to the Colombo North General
Hospital Ragama with serious injuries.
The deceased was identified as Shantha Perera (27) of Udamwita, Ja
Ela. The injured motorcyclist who was in hospital is Anil Perera of
Kopiyawatte, Ragama.
Traffic branch of the Kandana Police is investigating.
Knocked down by train
Edward WEERASINGHE- Kelaniya Group correspondent
A 75 year old woman died on the spot when she was knocked down by a
Colombo bound train near the Horape Railway station last Tuesday. The
dead woman was identified as W Mary Rita Soysa of Horape, Ragama.
The Inquirer into Sudden deaths for Ragama M Priyankara Lal recorded
a verdict of accidental death.
The deceased woman's daughter M M Jasintha Fernando (38) gave
evidence. Dr Keerthi Gunatilleke JMO Ragama held the autopsy.
Heroin dealers nabbed
Mahanama VITHANAGE- Malwana group correspondent
Biyagama Police nabbed a heroin dealer, a private bus driver with 680
milligrams of heroin and another suspect with 170 milligrams of heroin
at Karabugas Junction on Thursday morning. The suspects were from the
Biyagama Police area.
The suspects were produced before Gampaha Magistrate Courts.
Water supply scheme
Vavuniya Central special corr.
A water supply scheme built at Karikatkulam Pooneryn to Cater to the
resettled people was commissioned by Social Service Minister Felix
Perera recently.
Commander 66th Brigade Brig Chandana Kodituwakku was also present on
the occasion.
Buddhist discussion
The next Buddhist Public Panel discussion of the Colombo YMBA will be
held on Sunday, December 19 at 10 a.m. at its Borella building on ‘Life
is Dukkha’. The Panelists are Olcott Gunasekera and Mrs Mallika
Karunaratne, former Secretary, Ministry of National Heritage, with Rajah
Kuruppu as moderator.
STF raid ganja cultivation
Officers of the STF of the Suriyawewa and Hambantota camps in a joint
operation conducted with the Police Anti Narcotics Bureau sleuths,
raided a ganja cultivation in extent of one and a half acres in the
Savundan Aru (Ela), area in the Yala sanctuary on December 13.
They seized 18,000 ganja plants and arrested three suspects in this
connection.
Following the operation, they also seized a mortar used for poaching
and arrested another suspect, a resident in Sellakataragama.
Three nabbed with stolen fertilizer
Three persons who were transporting a consignment of robbed
subsidized fertilizer for illegal purposes, were arrested at Malayaw,
Sammanthurai by STF officers attached to the Karaitivu camp . They also
seized 159 bags of fertilizer along with 73 empty bags and a sewing
machine from their possession. The suspects, residents of Samanturai
were produced before the Kalmunai Magistrate and remanded till December
29.
Councillor to lose seat
Jaufer Kahn -Batticaloa Group Corr
Batticaloa Municipal Councillor Prakasam Sahayamany who disappeared
since August 23, will lose his membership in the Council due to his
absence for meetings over three months.
Batticaloa Municipal sources said a new Councillor in lieu of
Sahayamany will be appointed.
Chain snatched
Bandula Gunasekera and T K Ariyadasa
Two men allegedly entered a business place at Thalpawila, Matara
pretending to purchase cigarettes threatened the owner of the business
place and snatched a gold chain valued at Rs 150,000 and escaped,
Gandara Police said. Meanwhile, Kamburupitiya Police nabbed a suspect
who allegedly robbed a mobile phone valued at Rs 16,000 from a business
place owner at Karaputugala. The suspect had entered the business place
pretending to buy cigarettes, Police said.
kasippu transporter fined
Mahanama Vithanage- Malwana group correspondent
A resident of Mivitigammana was fined Rs 50,000 by Pugoda Magistrate
and Additional District Judge Aravinda Perera for transporting 240 drams
(30 bottles) of kasippu on a motorcycle.
Kirindiwela police prosecuted.
X’mas carols at WTC
Christmas Carols will be held at World Trade Centre, Colombo on
December 21, 2010 from 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm. The police band will also
performed at the event.
Centenarians’ welfare
Edward ARAMBEWALA
A committee meeting of the Sri Lanka Association for the welfare of
centenarians (SLAWC) headed by Prof Colvin Goonaratna will be held today
at 10 am at the Council Room of the Sri Lanka Medical Association at No.
6 Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7.
Among matters to be discussed is the progress of ‘Tissue Culture’ of
the Vanda 100 centenarian Orchid Plant, the first of its kind developed
by the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens for the SLAWC.
Fox postpones Lanka visit
British Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has postponed his scheduled
visit to Sri Lanka, the British Defence Secretary’s Office said in a
statement yesterday. However, a spokesman of his office told the BBC
that the postponement was due to an extension to his scheduled official
visit to the Gulf and it would go ahead next year.
Beggars rounded up in Vavuniya
Vavuniya Central Special Corr
A batch of 85 beggars loitering in the streets of Vavuniya, were
rounded up to be sent to rehabilitation camps in a joint operation
conducted by the Vavuniya UC, Police and the District Secretariat
yesterday.
Website prohibited
Asela KURULUWANSA and Indika POLKOTUWA
Kandy Chief Magistrate Lalith Ekanayake on Thursday ordered the
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to temporarily prohibit the
operation of the website www.penpals.pl for allegedly publishing details
of a female undergraduate of the Peradeniya University in a manner
defaming her character.
This followed an application made to Court by the Central Province
Police Special Investigation Unit.
Pristine value to be preserved
Gamini CHANDRASENA- Katugastota group correspondent
Newly appointed Kandy District Secretary Gamini Senaviratne said some
old buildings in the Kandy city will be kept in their old appearance due
to the declaration of Kandy a world heritage city.
He said these buildings are in a dilapidated condition and will be
renovated preserving their archaic quality.
The District Secretary said the traffic congestion in the Kandy city
and the suburbs will be minimized with the assistance of police and
other authorities.
ASP Dharmapriya remembered
A series of religious activities including Dhamma Desana and
alms-giving will be held from December 18 to 20 to commemorate the death
anniversary of ASP Dharmapriya Abeykoon who died in the LTTE attack on
President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at Town Hall grounds,
Colombo in 1999.
ASP Dharmapriya is an old boy of St Sylvester’s College, Kandy and
was a renowned boxer.
Fined for possessing heroin
Nimal JAYASINGHA
A youth who possessed 40 miligrams of heroin was fined Rs 10,000 by
Gampaha Additional Magistrate and District Judge Indika Aththanayaka.
Kadawata police led evidence.
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Naval troops attached to SLNS Gajaba
in the North-Central Command arrested two persons in
possession of two rare sea hogs at the Vankalaipadu fishing
Marshalling Point in Thalaimannar on December 15. The
suspects were handed over to Fisheries Inspector (Pesalai)
for legal action. |
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