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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.

 

 

 Welcoming friends: Over 500 ex-LTTE cadres rehabilitated by the government joined in a friendship tour from the North to South as part of the programme titled Thal ruppawen pol ruppawata organized by the Youth Affairs and Skills Development Ministry and the Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Ministry. The objective of this programme is to promote the centuries old amity between the Sinhalese and Tamils. Here, a woman from the South welcomes visitors from the North as the train carrying them from Vavuniya reaches Matara Fort railway station on Thursday. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

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Global Competitiveness Report (2011-2012):

Sri Lanka in great leap forward

A top riser in the Asian region:

Sri Lanka has made an impressive jump of 10 places to 52nd from 62nd in the rankings of the latest Global Competitiveness Report (2011-2012) issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF). This is a further improvement from the 2009-2010 report which ranked the country at 79th position while last year’s report (2010-2011) placed Sri Lanka at 62nd,

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Vehicles damaged due to low quality petrol:

Compensation next week

Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha said in Parliament yesterday compensation for vehicles damaged due to low quality petrol will commence next week as recommended by the inquiring committee. He said that those who have not obtained a bill for the petrol they purchased will be compensated if they submit an affidavit.

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Lankan delegation leaves for Geneva

The Sri Lankan delegation attending the United Nations Human Rights Council session scheduled to begin on September 12 in Geneva left the country yesterday. The government has appointed a five-member delegation headed by Plantation Minister and Special Human Rights Envoy Mahinda Samarasinghe to address the 18th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva from September 12-30.

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Cabinet nod for Parliamentarian forum here

Cabinet approval has been granted to hold the 33rd Annual Forum of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) in Sri Lanka from October 28 to 30. The joint Cabinet Memorandum in this regard was presented by Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris,

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