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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.

 

 

Wedding bells for PM’s son : Prime Minister D M Jayaratne’s son, Lanka married Dilini Vasini Herath at a Colombo hotel yesterday. Here, the couple with President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was the attesting witness, the Prime Minister, his wife and the bride’s parents. Picture by Prime Minister’s Media

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Govt - TNA talks to continue

*Ideal environment for discussions

*No instant solution possible

The government will definitely continue to hold talks with the TNA to find a political solution for the issues of the Tamil people and at the same time will go ahead with the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC). All political parties have been informed to nominate their representatives to the PSC,

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Darusman report subterfuge :

Sri Lanka briefs regional representatives

The Sri Lanka delegation to the 18th UN Human Rights Council sessions has held several rounds of talks with several regional representatives to the sessions and briefed them about subtle attempts to illegally sneak in the Darusman panel report to the sessions without formally including it in its agenda said leader of the Sri Lanka delegation,

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President opened Temple Trees to the ordinary citizen

No public funds used on invitees:

President Mahinda Rajapaksa opened Temple Trees to the public in 2004 and since then he invited people from all walks of life and offered them meals. Public funds have never been used to offer meals for the people who visit Temple Trees, acting Cabinet spokesman and acting Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said.

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Death at children’s home: three remanded

Three suspects taken into custody after a child at Sadasarana Children’s Home at Thihariya was burnt to death were remanded till September 28. The 15-year-old son of the warden who is suspected of abusing four girls of the children’s home, is among the three suspects.

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