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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 orders litter-free glowing Galle Face: President Mahinda Rajapaksa who decided to go to Galle Face for his morning constitutional yesterday, was evidently irked by the litter, left behind by previous night’s revelers and ordered officials to clear all the garbage and make the area clean. The officials got down to business promptly while the President ordered them to carry out this cleaning on a daily basis. Picture by Chandana Perera

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Blind eye to anti-Lanka terror funding

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said it is a matter for regret that the very individuals and institutions that point their fingers at the government for defeating terror, seem to be unaware of the truth about the prolonged battle waged against terrorism, and the very nature of those terrorists.

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Pharmacy gives wrong drug to health minister

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena was issued a wrong drug by a private pharmacy at Castle Street Colombo on Saturday. Following this, raids were conducted in and around Colombo, and legal action taken against several pharmacies and a drug store under the Cosmetics, Devices and Drugs Regulatory Authority, Health Ministry spokesman W M D Wanninayake said.

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Police played prominent role to defeat terrorism - IGP

The Police assisted the three Forces, Army, Navy and the Air Force, to completely vanquish the LTTE after three decades, said Inspector General of Police N K Illangakoon addressing the 145th Police Day ceremony at the Bambalapitiya Police Grounds in the presence of Senior DIGs, DIGs, Senior SPs, SPs, ASPs and other ranking officers. Two minutes’ silence was observed by the participants as a mark of respect to the Police personnel who had scarified their lives for the motherland and who were disabled during the war.

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Secret dossier reveals Gaddafi’s UK spy links

The extraordinary extent of co-operation between MI6, the CIA and Libyan intelligence during the rule of Col Muammar Gaddafi was exposed on Saturday by the release of secret documents found in Tripoli.

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