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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.

 

 

Ms. Bharathi Wijeratne who has been appointed Sri Lanka’s first ambassador to Turkey receiving her letter of appointment from President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Saturday. Picture by Sudath Silva

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President tells joint Indian Parliamentary delegation:

‘Sri Lankans have stopped crying, dying’

Troops based in Sri Lanka and not on foreign soil:

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has told the joint Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Sushma Swaraj, that visited the country last week that after 30 years, people of Sri Lanka have stopped crying and dying because the government took steps to defeat the scourge of terrorism.

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President leaves for South Korea

President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for South Korea yesterday on a four- day official visit on an invitation extended by South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. President Rajapaksa will hold bilateral discussions with his South Korean counterpart while several agreements will also be signed during the President’s stay. The President will also address a business luncheon co-hosted by four business associations in Seoul and the Sri Lanka – Korea Business Forum hosted by the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Rehab camps for liquor addicts in each district

Arrangements are in place to establish rehabilitation camps for persons addicted to alcohol and smoking islandwide. Each district will have one rehabilitation camp, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said. The Health Ministry is drawing up plans to identify persons addicted to alcohol and tobacco smoking and rehabilitate these persons to cure them of such addictions, he added. Health Ministry reports said around 350 persons die daily from Non Communicable Diseases - 150 from heart attacks.

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Dambulla mosque issue:

Alternative location proposed

The government has taken measures to stop the construction of a mosque within the sacred area of Rangiri Dambulu Viharaya while measures will be taken in the near future to commence construction of a mosque at another location in Dambulla, Prime Minister D M Jayaratne who is also the Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs Minister said.

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