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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.

 

 

Hands of friendship: Former Indian President Dr Abdul Kalam who was the chief guest at the launching of the 10-year National Action Plan and the Declaration of 2012 as the Year of Trilingual Sri Lanka at Temple Trees on Saturday, met President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Picture by Nalin Hewapathirana

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Former Indian President Kalam says:

Trilingual Lanka, recipe for unity

The initiative for a Trilingual Sri Lanka will enable the country's youths to achieve cultural and socio - economic unity, former Indian President Dr Abdul Kalam said addressing the launch of the Trilingual Lanka initiative in Colombo on Saturday. Dr Kalam was the chief guest at the launch of the 10-year National Action Plan and the Declaration of 2012 as the Year of Trilingual Sri Lanka at Temple Trees held under the auspices of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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The method as vital as the message

The method was as important as the message. While ‘Work with integrity and succeed with integrity’, was one of the principal messages former President of India Prof. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wanted to get through to his mainly young audience last Saturday, he more than ‘ignited’ their minds through the personal and one-to-one interaction he entered into with them in the course of his public speech at the SBMEC Auditorium, Colombo.

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First Lady attends summit on children in Qatar

First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa left the island on Saturday to attend the International Shaffallah Special Summit on children with special needs in Qatar. The summit began yesterday and continues until Tuesday.

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New rule for school van drivers

A new rule has been introduced with immediate effect where drivers transporting schoolchildren should be over 30 years, Colombo Division Senior DIG Anura Senanayake said when he met Western Province three wheeler drivers and motorists transporting schoolchildren on Saturday.

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