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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 visited the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy on Monday and paid homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic. Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Higher Education Minister, S.B. Dissanayake, Central Province Chief Minister, Sarath Ekanayake and Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela also participated. Picture by Chandana Perera

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Police reveal:

Suspect in PC killing in death leap

One of the suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a police constable in Moratuwa drowned, when he reportedly leaped into the Bolgoda Lake after attacking and pushing another police constable into the lake. They were on their way back from an islet in the middle of the Lake where the sharp weapons allegedly used in hacking to death the police officer were discovered.

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Airport for Nuwara Eliya

Measures will be taken to construct an airport in the Nuwara Eliya district, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. The President on Monday instructed the relevant ministers to identify suitable land for the purpose, the President’s media said. He was meeting politicians, professionals, the business community and party activists of the district at his official residence in Nuwara Eliya.

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Colombo gets largest funds for housing

This year’s total allocation of funds for housing development of the Colombo city is more than the total allocation that was made in 2009 for the housing development in the entire country, Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa said.

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Stars back Milinda

A host of actors and actresses on Monday pledged their support to UPFA mayoral candidate Milinda Moragoda. “Colombo must have a Municipal Council that will support the honest and open leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa,” said Presidential adviser on Cultural Affairs Rohana Weerasinghe.

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