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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 delivered the keynote address at the session on “The Indian Ocean and the Pacific Rim-Fast Growing Markets” of the Commonwealth Business Forum on October 27 in Burswood, (Left) A section of the audience. Picture by Sudath Silva

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President tells Commonwealth Business Forum:

‘Clarity of economic vision powered progress’

Sri Lanka’s success in economic progress and development during the past six years was due to the consistency and clarity in its economy, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Delivering the keynote address at the Commonwealth Economic Forum in this Western Australian capital yesterday on the sidelines of this weekend’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth,

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Steep drop in poverty level

“The poverty level in Sri Lanka has dropped to 14 percent while the poverty level is 45 percent in India. This is one of the greatest achievements in Sri Lanka’s development programme,” said International Monetary Cooperation Senior Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama. “There are 1.6 million Sri Lankans working around the world and this has caused a reduction in poverty in the country,” he said.

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UN chief, team pleased with SL’s post-war reconciliation process

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki- Moon, his Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar and former UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox have reportedly commended Sri Lanka’s resettlement and rehabilitation process, during a meeting with Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Special Envoy, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe in New York yesterday.

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Digital IDs almost ready

Preliminary arrangements have been finalized for issuing a new digital national identity card instead of the present identity card, the Department of Registration of Persons said. The new identity card will meet the present day requirements both locally and abroad since it will contain more details.

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