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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.

 

 

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who opened the Mihindu Seth Medura at Attidiya yesterday morning engaged in a friendly conversation with a group of disabled War Heroes. Ministers Maithripala Sirisena, A H M Fowzie and Felix Perera, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Roshan Gunatilleke, the three service chiefs and the IGP were also present on the occasion. Picture by Sudath Silva

Peace towards Reconciliation

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Minister tells Human Rights Council 17th Session in Geneva:

Reconciliation process, govt’s priority

The process of reconciliation is a priority for the government as it has everything to do with the people, who have now begun to enjoy the dividends of peace, Plantation Industries Minister and Presidential nominee for Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe told the 17th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday.

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President opens Mihindu Seth Medura

The Mihindu Seth Medura built at Attidiya under the guidance of Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to provide care and protection to disabled War Heroes was opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday morning.

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Decision to temporarily suspend pension scheme

The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party yesterday decided to temporarily suspend the proposed private pension scheme. The party arrived at this unanimous decision when its Central Committee met at Temple Trees yesterday under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Elections to remaining 67 Local Government bodies on July 23

The Elections Department yesterday said the elections for the remaining 67 Local Government bodies will be held on July 23. The government won 205 out of 234 local bodies which went to the polls last April.

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