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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 warm thank you from Korea: Korean ambassador Jong Moon Choi presenting a special token of appreciation to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Wednesday to mark Sri Lanka’s support and cooperation in sending skilled migrant workers to Korea.Foreign Employment and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera, SLBFE chairman Amal Senalankadhikara and Korean Human Resources Development Foundation Director Kim Kain Hain were also present. Picture by Sudath Silva

The joint Parliamentary delegation of India led by Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Sushma Swaraj visited the Menik Farm premises in Vavuniya, Wednesday. Picture by Bandula Seneviratne

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Indian delegation impressed with N-E development

The Indian Parliamentary delegation in Sri Lanka is highly impressed with the rehabilitation and development work carried out by the government in the North and East, within a period of only two years and 11 months, after the completion of the humanitarian operation, Acting Media Minister and Acting Cabinet Spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said.

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President responding to people’s wishes through Trilingual SL

The 10 year national plan for a Trilingual Sri Lanka provides the blueprint for the first determined effort by any administration since 1987 to seriously implement the provisions for a Trilingual Sri Lanka already available in the law with the passing of the 13th amendment to the constitution, said Presidential Adviser and coordinator of the Special Presidential Initiative for a Trilingual Sri Lanka, Sunimal Fernando.

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‘Solution to ethnic issue lies with PSC’

The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) is the most appropriate mechanism to have a collective agreement on the ethnic issue and the government has already appointed the PSC, Acting Media Minister and Acting Cabinet spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said. He said many proposals that came through the PSCs were passed in Parliament in the past.

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SLFP National May Day rally at CMC grounds

Arrangements have been made by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to hold International Workers’ Day at national level under the theme Rata Ekata (Country United). “The national May Day event is to be held at the Colombo Municipal Council Grounds under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa”, SLFP General Secretary and Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said.

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