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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.

 

 

Leaders’ meet : President Mahinda Rajapaksa met US President Barak Obama at a luncheon hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the UN Headquarters, New York on September 21. Picture by Sudath Silva.

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Record funds for district development

The Economic Development Ministry has allocated Rs 65,000 million for development activities in 20 districts this year. This is the biggest allocation made for district development in recent history, said the Government Information Department yesterday in a press release.

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President meets Nepali, Colombian, Iranian leaders

President Mahinda Rajapaksa had bilateral talks with the Heads of State of Nepal, Colombia and Iran yesterday, states a Presidential Media Division press release. At these talks, President apprised these Heads of State about the progress achieved in the resettlement of displaced persons, demining work in the North and East, and reconstruction programmes and also about the Local Government elections held in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

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Anti-Lanka move defeated

The Australian government and the Opposition voted together yesterday to defeat a motion moved in the Senate by Australian Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon (Senator for New South Wales) to suspend Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth, states the Sri Lanka High Commission in Canberra.

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Joe’s death, a loss to the country - President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday he was saddened by the news of the sudden demise of veteran artiste Joe Abeywickrama who made an immense contribution to bring Sri Lankan cinema to the international arena.

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