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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.

 

 

Former Colombo mayor, Minister and UNP strongman B Sirisena Cooray has joined hands with Colombo’s UPFA mayoral candidate Milinda Moragoda to ensure a UPFA victory at the forthcoming Colombo Municipal Council election. They were seen together at the Abhayaramaya Narahenpita on Tuesday when Moragoda presented his policy statement titled Making Colombo a Centre of Excellence to the Maha Sangha led by Ven. Dr Ittepana Dhammalankara Anunayaka Thera, Ven Kotugoda Dhammavasa Anunayaka Thera and Ven Muruttetuwe Ananda thera. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne.

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Bogus bank in heart of city raided

The Colombo Fraud Bureau yesterday raided a bogus ‘money change’ centre at Second Cross Street in Pettah and took into custody three suspects together with Rs 8.4 million. Among those arrested was the alleged kingpin who was the owner of a medicinal drugs centre down Vishaka Road, Bambalapitiya.

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Economy expanding rapidly - IMF

Sri Lanka’s macroeconomic conditions remain satisfactory. The economy is expanding rapidly, with growth likely to come in around 7.5 percent this year. As expected, headline inflation has moderated, reflecting declines in food and commodity prices, and there are as yet no clear signs of economic overheating, states on International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission statement.

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Abducted lawyer found

The Police yesterday found the lawyer who was abducted by an armed gang while under treatment at a private hospital in Colombo a few hours after his abduction. Officers of the Colombo Crimes Division who saved the lawyer from his abductors had also taken into custody two suspects allegedly involved in the abduction.

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Al Qaeda affiliate suspected:

Delhi High Court blast kills 11

A powerful bomb placed in a briefcase outside the High Court in New Delhi killed at least 11 people and wounded 76 yesterday in an attack authorities said was claimed by a South Asian militant group linked to al Qaeda.

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