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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.

 

 

Sri Lanka Foundation Institute Chairman Professor Ranjith Bandara presenting Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa with a memento to mark the occasion. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited Chairman Bandula Padmakumara is also in the picture.

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Tiger rump and supporters still pursuing separatist agenda:

Formidable Tri-Forces essential for national security - Defence Secretary

*‘Tigers have not changed stripes’

*Country has a strong democracy

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that the country was not yet free of the threat of LTTE separatism and though many LTTE-friendly groups and individuals function overseas separately, they have one common objective of dismembering Sri Lanka and establishing a separate state. He made this observation at a public lecture on ‘Future Challenges to National Security in Sri Lanka’ organized by Sri Lanka Foundation Institute and Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, at the auditorium of the Institute.

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JVP faction preparing for uprising - minister

The split in the JVP poses a great danger to the country’s democracy. According to the information received by the government a faction is getting ready to launch another insurgency. Both factions are trying to be heroes among schoolchildren and undergraduates, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena told the ‘Daily News’ yesterday.

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Navy after human smugglers

The Navy has tightened its surveillance and patrols in the coastal belt around the country with special attention paid to seas off Mannar, Kalmunai and certain other areas in the South to combat a spate of illegal activities - especially human smuggling. Navy Spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya said that with this heightened surveillance the Navy yesterday,

 

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Gunaratnam doing LTTE bidding

On the advice of LTTE supporters, a JVP faction led by Kumar Gunaratnam is engaged in hampering the university system, Higher Education Ministry Secretary Dr. Sunil Jayantha Navarathna said. He said that the new JVP faction is behind the recent incidents in universities including student demonstrations at the Sri Jayewardhanapura University.

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