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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.

To Japan with love
The Sri Lanka Tea Exporters Association handed over three million packets of tea worth US $ 60,000 to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to be sent to tsunami-stricken Japan. Association Chairman Jayantha Keragala handed over the bags of tea to the President at Temple Trees yesterday. Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, Ambassador designate to Japan Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, Sri Lanka Tea Board Chairman Susantha Ratnayake and Tea Exporters Association Vice Chairman Rohan Fernando were present. Picture by Sudath Silva

Apparel sector grows

Major players take closed factories :

The apparel industry will continue its growth momentum and is expected to end the year by recording a growth of four percent. The industry is really booming except for a few hiccups, Sri Lanka Garment Buying Offices Association President J D R Sylvester said.

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Around 300 MW to be added to national grid:

Coal fired power a reality today

Second stage commissioning by 2014:

Sri Lanka’s first coal power plant will be opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Puttalam today. It will add 300 MW to the national grid. “It will be the largest single machine in Sri Lanka and will be actually run as a base load machine which means 24 hours continuous running. It is an asset to our system which has reached about 2,500 MW capacity. By adding this, it may increase to 2,800 MW,” Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said.

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Lankan tea for Japanese quake victims

Sri Lanka yesterday donated three million packets of tea worth US$ 60,000 to the tsunami hit people of Japan. Thousands of people died and over 200,000 became displaced in the Tohoku – Pacific earthquake which triggered a devastating tsunami in several parts of Japan.

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Working class to protest Libya attacks

Sri Lanka's working class irrespective of class, creed or racial differences have voiced their anger over the multi pronged attack unleashed by the Western powers and the United States on Libya to grab its oil resources in contravention of all norms and ethics upheld by the world community.

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