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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.

 

 

The 22nd Commonwealth Heads of State Summit was inaugurated at the Conference and Exhibition Complex Centre in Perth, Australia yesterday, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth II. Here President Mahinda Rajapaksa posing for a group photograph with Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and other Commonwealth Heads of State. Picture by Sudath Silva.

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SL opposed to anti-LLRC mudslinging

Sri Lanka yesterday reiterated that it is more than willing to have an open engagement with parties that are genuinely interested in discussing the truth and its eventual benefits to the Sri Lankan people. It is also opposed to moves to denigrate the work of Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and its members without any justification,

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We are facing new challenges, Queen in opening address at CHOGM

Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II, in her opening address to the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, yesterday said the 54-nation body faces new challenges ranging from terrorism to food security and climate change. “The CHOGM was last held in Australia at Coolum in 2002.

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Lanka protected Buddhism in its pristine purity – PM

There are many countries without any knowledge of Buddhism. The government’s attention has been drawn towards propagating Buddhism in those countries and arrangements for this purpose are now being made through the respective embassies abroad,’ said Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne.

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Govt spends Rs. 3,000m to print 37m textbooks

School textbooks in all three languages are being sent to schools and distribution centres throughout the island, Education Ministry Commissioner General of Educational Publications W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara said yesterday .The textbooks are sent to Northern and Eastern Provinces schools the same way they are sent to schools in other provinces, he said.

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