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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.

 

 

The three day international exhibition “Defeating Terrorism-The Sri Lankan Experience” organized by the Sri Lanka Army to share its experience with the other nations commenced under the patronage of Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa at the Galadari Hotel. External Affairs Minister Prof. GL Peiris and Army Commander Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya were also present. Picture by Thushara Fernando

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Defence Secretary at military symposium:

‘SL happy to share ways of defeating terror’

‘No country in the world should suffer from terrorism as Sri Lanka has suffered, said Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and expressed his hope that the other nations will learn from the Sri Lankan experience of defeating terrorism in greater detail, defeat international terrorism and bring safety to the entire world.

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Smoking ban in all public places

The National Tobacco and Alcohol Control Act number 27 of 2006 will be amended shortly to prohibit smoking in all public places throughout the country.. The amendments will be presented to the Cabinet and then to Parliament soon after the Attorney General’s Department submits its draft Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said.

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Far ahead of India:

‘Lanka only Asian country supplying power 24 x 7’

‘Sri Lanka is the only country in the Asian region supplying electricity round the clock to its people notwithstanding various problems encountered in the supply of electricity, said Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka at a workshop on energy conservation held at Sampath Bank Headquarters recently.

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Lanka’s economic growth on par with India, China - Dr Amunugama

International Monetary Cooperation Senior Minister Dr Sarath Amunugama said yesterday that Sri Lanka’s economic growth had leap-frogged to the fastest growing economies of the world, such as India and China. ‘Sri Lanka’s economy has grown at the rate of over eight percent with the culmination of the war and is on a par with the fastest growing economies in the world,

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