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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.

 

 

President Mahinda Rajapaksa admitting a child to grade one of the Defence Service College for 2012 at the ceremony to open a new building for the secondary classes .Defence and Urban Development Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena, Education Monitoring MP Mohan Lal Grero, Secretary to the President Lalith Weerathunga, Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Roshan Gunatilake, Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake, Air Force Commander Air Marshal H D Abeywickrama, IGP N K Ilangakoon and Director General of the Civil Defence Force Rear Admiral Ananda Peiris were also present. Picture by Chandana Perera

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‘LLRC implementation getting off to good start’

*Report commissioned to investigate internal issues

*Govt’s stance on Darusman report clear and consistent

“The government has made a good start to implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). Within the next two months, the process of implementing the LLRC recommendations will get fully underway,” External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris said.

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President opens new building to mark DSC’s fifth anniversary

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday opened a new building for secondary classes at the Defence Service College Colombo marking its fifth anniversary. The President opened the new five storeyed building at the Defence Service College which was commenced on a concept of Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa five years ago,

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Govt has not decided deadline for PSC activities - Minister

 ‘Thirteen Plus is correct and accurate. The meaning of Thirteen Plus is establishing a Senate. The entire thirteenth amendment is a vast decentralization of powers. There is no big issue when it comes to decentralizing land powers, but, there is a serious issue on the system of devolving Police powers.

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Four mourners dead as van erupts in flames

Four members of the same family were burnt to death and seven others were admitted to Nagoda hospital with burn inquiries when a small van carrying a group of mourners who had attended a funeral at Magalkanda, Maggona caught fire at Diyagama on the Kalutara-Horana Road shortly after midnight on Wednesday.

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