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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.

 

 

Spectacular traditions : Traditional dancers perform during the annual perahera of the Kelaniya Viharaya in Kelaniya on Sunday. Hundreds of devotees gathered for the annual pageant, held on the night before the full moon day, to commemorate the visit of the Buddha to the temple. Dozens of colourful traditional dancers, drummers, whip crackers, fire eaters, musicians and devotees took part in the pageant that paraded through the main streets of Kelaniya. AFP

The world’s largest passenger airline, Airbus A380 landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday for refuelling. This is the first time an Airbus A380 made a landing in Sri Lanka’s aviation history. The 780 seater airbus belonging to Emirates Airlines was on its way to Dubai from Sydney. The BIA has no runway for an A380 Airbus to land. However, it did not encounter any difficulties while landing. Picture by Kumarasiri Prasad, Airport Corr

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West beckons skilled Lankans

Skilled Sri Lankan foreign employment aspirants can expect a large number of lucrative job offers in the UK, USA, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and Australia this year. Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) new chairman Amal Senadhilankara told the media yesterday that authorities had secured a number of such job opportunities and many more were in the pipeline.

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‘Salary hike for CPC employees’

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) employees’ salaries will be increased this year. The salary increase will be given in five installments. One installment was granted last year, Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha told the Daily News yesterday.

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Rajarata University Medical Faculty closed

Court orders eviction of J’pura undergraduates:

The Rajarata University Medical Faculty was closed yesterday until further notice, administrators of the university announced, while court ordered the eviction of undergraduates of Sri Jayawardhanapura University from the campus premises. Rajarata University Vice Chancellor Professor K A Nandasena told the Daily News that the university administration decided to close the Medical Faculty yesterday due to undergraduates’ misbehaviour.

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