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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.

 

 

Buddha Relics exposition: A special exposition of the Sacred Relics of the Buddha brought to Sri Lanka from Pakistan was held at the Maligakanda Vidyodaya Maha Pirivena under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s patronage on Saturday. Vidyodaya Parivenadhipathi Ven Balangoda Sobhitha Thera, Ven Akuratiye Nanda Thera, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs Deputy Minister M K D S Gunawardena, and Pakistani High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Seema Baloch were also present. Picture by Nalin Hewapathirana

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Tourism report to Minister Basil Rajapaksa this week:

Hotel rooms to be doubled to 45,000 by 2016

Fourteen- pronged strategy for promoting FDIs :

The Economic Development Ministry with the private sector will launch an ambitious programme of doubling the hotel room capacity to 45,000 by 2016 over the current 22,745 to accommodate 2.5 million arrivals by that time.

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Sri Lanka, UAE sign petroleum reserve deal

The government has reached an agreement with a petroleum company in the United Arab Emirates for a petroleum reserve over a period of six months. Petroleum Industries Ministry Secretary Titus Jayawardena said that this agreement was carried out on the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa as a solution to the large sum spent to purchase petroleum from foreign countries.

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President opens Kokavil tower today

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will open the tallest self-supporting transmission tower in South East Asia- the Kokavil Transmission tower-in the Mullaitivu District in the Northern Province today. The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka has spent Rs.330 million to construct the 174 metre high multi-purpose transmission tower.

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J’pura undergrad remanded in threatening case

An undergraduate of the Sri Jayawardenapura University was remanded until June 16 for allegedly threatening the Vice Chancellor with bodily harm. He had been arrested following a complaint made by the Sri Jayawardenapura University Vice Chancellor.

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