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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.

 

 

Today is Unduwap Pasalosvaka Poya Day, the last Pasalosvaka Poya Day in the annual calendar which also marks the advent of Sri Sanghamitta Therani and her entourage carrying the sapling of the Sacred Sri Maha Bodhi to Sri Lanka many years ago. Here members of the Maha Sangha belonging to the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya decorating the chaitya at the Viharaya yesterday in preparation for today’s special Poya programme to be held at the Viharaya. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

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Today is International Human Rights Day:

HR Action Plan spurring wide benefits

The government yesterday said that the implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP) will help enhance the massive achievements already made in the protection of human rights and that it will bring positive benefits in the form of economic and social development and tranquillity. According to Plantation Industries Minister and the President’s Special Envoy on Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe,

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President visits historic Borobudur Viharaya in Java

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is in Indonesia attending the Bali Democracy Forum IV held in Bali visited the historic Borobudur Viharaya yesterday morning and paid homage. Central Java Deputy Mayor Rustriningsih who welcomed President Rajapaksa at the temple premises said she highly valued and appreciated the visit of a Buddhist Head of State to the temple.

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US $ 1,070 m exceeded:

Highest foreign investment towards development by Nov

Sri Lanka has received the highest quantum of foreign investment amounting to over US $ 1,070 million by November this year towards development projects, Economic Development Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said. Speaking at the Government Information Department yesterday,

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Kolkata hospital fire kills 89

Nearly 90 people were killed when a fire engulfed patients at a hospital Friday in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, with officials accusing senior staff of abandoning those in their care. The fire broke out at around 3:00 am (2130 GMT Thursday) at AMRI hospital when the vast majority of the 160 patients inside the privately-run, five-storey facility were asleep.

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