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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 who is on a four-day official tour of South Korea visited the MAPO Resource Recovery Plant in Mapo-gu, Seoul yesterday. External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris, MP Nishantha Mutuhettigama, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Sri
Lanka’s ambassador to South Korea Tissa Wijeratne and Airport and Aviation Authority chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya accompanied the President. Picture by Sudath Silva

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President to Lankan expatriates in Seoul:

Belief that ‘We can’ will be SL’s driving force

Sri Lanka succeeded in eradicating terrorism and South Korea developed to greater heights by inculcating the positive attitude that ‘we can’ do it. Both countries managed to achieve their respective targets due to the firm resolve that ‘We can’, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Seoul. The President insisted that he will develop Sri Lanka based on this firm belief that ‘We can’.

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S Koreans planning to invest in SL

Businessmen impressed with outstanding economic progress:

Leading South Korean businessmen yesterday expressed willingness to invest in Sri Lanka. At a meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, they said the outstanding economic progress in Sri Lanka has prompted them to set up business ventures in the country. President Mahinda Rajapaksa explained to the South Korean entrepreneurs the investment avenues in Sri Lanka.

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Government decides on: Broad development plan for Dambulla sacred area

The government in a media communique under the hand of Director General, Government Information Prof. Ariyarathna Athugala says that President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne and the government had directed their highest attention to the situation which occurred at Dambulla recently,

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‘No polls this year’

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday denied certain media reports that several Provincial Council elections are scheduled for this year. “There are no elections lined up for this year,” he said. He, however, said there were a number of elections scheduled for next year, including Local Government elections in the Batticaloa district.

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