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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.

Linking hands for special needs kids : First Ladies of several countries participated in the International Shafallah Forum on Children with Special Needs at the Shaffallah International Centre in Qatar. Here First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa meets Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Picture by Yohan Dissanayake

The third annual three day Jaffna International Trade Fair (JITF) successfully concluded last Sunday at the Alfred Durayappah Stadium with over 50,000 visitors participating. The event also saw 200 companies, including from India and Indonesia participating, helping the Jaffna public and entrepreneurs and industrialists to find new markets, partners and access to new technology and machinery. Here a Jaffna resident admiring a saree at a stall. Picture by Saliya Rupasinghe

Government to sustain law and order

The government is well equipped and ready to face any challenge posed by disruptive elements who are attempting to create a conflict situation in the country, Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. Addressing a press briefing at his residence in Colombo yesterday, the minister said even though there are no economic hardships or difficulties confronting the people today, attempts are being made by saboteurs to provoke and incite the people to meet their vile ends.

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Huge desire for cross language mix - survey

There is an overwhelming desire on the part of native Sinhala and Tamil speaking people to learn each others’ languages, together with English, a socio-linguistic survey conducted in Sri Lanka revealed. According to the survey conducted across the country, between 80 percent and 96 percent of Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim people living in both majority Sinhala and majority Tamil speaking areas, have expressed a strong desire, both for themselves and their children, to be conversant in both national languages.

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Deyata Kirula development programme:

Rs 250 m to develop places of religious worship

The Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs Ministry has allocated Rs 250 million to construct and renovate a number of places of religious worship in the Anuradhapura district to mark the Deyata Kirula development programme, ministry Secretary Cassian Herath said.

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Progress in COPE probe

Officials of the Bribery and Corruption Commission and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will be summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) when necessary to inquire into the progress of the investigations directed to the Commission and CID by COPE, Human Resources Senior Minister and COPE chairman D E W Gunasekara said.

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