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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.

 

 

A new beginning for Defence Secy’s son : Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s son Manoj married Sewwandhi Liyanarachi, daughter of Chandra Liyanarachi in Colombo yesterday. President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa were the witnesses. Here, the newly weds with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Minister Basil Rajapaksa and other family members. Picture by Sudath Silva

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Darusman Report improper - Akashi

* Int’l community should not create various issues

* Any inquiry should be conducted locally

* LTTE ruthless terrorist organization

“The Darusman Report though intended only to be an advisory report to the Secretary General of the UN, is improper,” said Senior Adviser on Foreign Policy in Japan Yasushi Akashi when he addressed the 16th Joint Committee of the Sri Lanka Business Co-operation Meeting held in Tokyo last week.

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All identified mosquito breeding places to be reinspected

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena has instructed PHIs and health authorities to re-inspect all mosquito breeding places belonging to persons who had been given notices to clean within two weeks, a Health Ministry spokesman said.

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Unhealthy food packagings banned from today

Importing, transporting, storing, packing, distributing and selling food packed in packages that cause health problems to the human body will be banned from today. Action will be taken against all persons who do so under Article 32 of the Food Act Number 26 of 1980 under the direction of Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena.

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