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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 Mahinda Rajapaksa who is in the US to attend the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York participated in the Clinton Global Initiative 2011 Annual Meeting yesterday. Here President Mahinda Rajapaksa receiving a warm welcome from former US President Bill Clinton on the occasion. Picture by Sudath Silva

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Process to be completed by Dec 31:

Resettlement of 99 percent Displaced

The government will wind up the Resettlement Ministry from next year with the resettlement process due to be completed by December 31. The Resettlement Ministry was established in 2009 to ensure the resettlement of over 300,000 persons who were displaced by LTTE atrocities during the final stages of humanitarian operation in the Northern Province.

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Court orders Railway authorities:

‘Do not remove engine from crash site’

In response to a request made by the Alawwa Police, court directed Railway Department officials that the engine of the recently collided train should not be removed on any grounds till investigations are over. The Government Analyst is also due to check the engine and the location to ascertain whether the train crash was a result of human or technical failure.

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Over Rs 350 m defrauded:

Duo running bogus job agency nabbed

Two suspects who had defrauded unsuspecting youths to the tune of over Rs 350 million by promising jobs and higher educational opportunities abroad were arrested by the Special Operations Unit of the Colombo Fraud Bureau while they were hiding at Thalpitiya, Wadduwa recently.

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Explosives in bus from Jaffna

Moneragala Police yesterday recovered a parcel of C4 explosives from a private bus which was plying to Moneragala from Jaffna. This parcel, containing 610 grams of C4 explosive had been kept on the dashboard of the bus when it reached Moneragala on Monday.

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