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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.

 

 

Members of the print and electronic media yesterday launched a massive protest opposite the Fort Railway Station against the British Channel 4 for telecasting concoted stories to undermine Sri Lanka’s development and reconciliation efforts. Picture by Sulochana Gamage

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Over 36 percent growth in first half:

Boon time for tourism

More hotel rooms to meet demand:

Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka have recorded a significant rise following the end to the conflict with the industry showing a 36.9 percent growth, Economic Development Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said adding that the country had received US Dollars 585 million profit from the industry by the end of the first half of the year.

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Government to go ahead with Samurdhi pension scheme

Economic Development Deputy Minister Laksman Yapa Abeywardena stated that the decision taken by the government under the Mahinda Chinthana Future Vision to launch a pension scheme for Samurdhi Development Officers will not be changed.

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Sri Lanka updates request to EU:

List LTTE fronts as terrorist entities

The Government July 28, updated its request to the European Union (EU) to list LTTE front organizations (FOs) as terrorist entities, as they had done the LTTE since 2006. This call was made, as the EU through Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 687/2011 of July 18 published in the official journal of the European Union on July 19, re-listed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist entity.

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Sri Lanka is extraordinary – Ben Kingsley

Most of us in the West tend to make generalizations about the Indian subcontinent. Sri Lanka is extraordinary, its people very hard working and very committed.

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