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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.

 

 

A massive islandwide protest campaign was held, Monday, against the anti- Sri Lankan resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva. Here a section of the mammoth crowd of protestors in Colombo. Picture by Sudath Nishantha

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Defeating terror without rousing racism helped unite SL -President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that the mammoth crowds in Kilinochchi, Jaffna, the East and the rest of the country could protest unitedly on highways on Monday, irrespective of all differences, against a resolution before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva against Sri Lanka because ruthless terrorism was defeated without rousing racist passions, by the state.

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Lankans abroad rally against Geneva resolution

Thousands of Sri Lankans living in Italy yesterday staged a massive protest in Milan condemning the proposed UN resolution backed by the United States and several European countries to be submitted at the 19th United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva. These Sri Lankans, irrespective of their political affiliations and ethnicity, showed their solidarity against the proposed UN resolution and condemned the vicious agenda of the US against Sri Lanka.

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Dream comes true for Maneesha

Maneesha Chamindi, a 12 year old grade seven student of Makuluduwa Vidyalaya, Piliyandala is currently undergoing treatment for cancer. Her one wish in life was to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa by excelling at the grade 5 scholarship examination. But this wish did not come true as she could not sit for the scholarship exam due to her illness.

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