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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.

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Shangri-La Asia chairman Kuok Khoon Ean at the ground breaking ceremony of the Shangri-La hotel, Colombo. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

Minister G. L. Peiris tells int’l community:

‘Sri Lanka for home grown solution’

The Sri Lankan delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva has impressed on the international community that resolving the grievances of Sri Lanka’s communities after the conflict, is an entirely internal matter and that the issue could be resolved by Sri Lanka independently.

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Shangri-La hotels enters local hospitality industry

The ground breaking ceremony of the much awaited Shangri-La hotel, Colombo, took place yesterday in the presence of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and a large number of foreign and local dignitaries. The Shangri-La hotel Colombo with 661 rooms will be opened in mid 2015 and the property will be fully integrated into the local community from the very beginning,

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Govt implementing LLRC recommendations - Vasudeva

National Languages and Social Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara yesterday said that his ministry has already started implementing some of the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). The minister said that the ministry attempts to ensure that all ethnic groups are involved in the administrative affairs of the country,

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Programme to promote cottage industries next month

Government officials are preparing to visit every household throughout the country in March to educate householders on how their environment should be made economically viable by initiating cottage industries. Three teams of government officials led by Grama Niladharis, Agriculture Development officers, and Samurdhi development officers will discuss the issues that prevent the public from making their gardens economically viable.

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