MILCO to buy total milk produce
*Glass of milk for N’Eliya
schoolchildren
*Incentives to boost milk production
Cabinet approval
has been granted to purchase all
liquid milk produced by farmers
through MILCO Ltd. In addition, a
free glass of milk is to be provided
to all schoolchildren in the Nuwara
Eliya district using fresh milk
purchased from farmers, Acting Media
Minister and Acting Cabinet
Spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
said.
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Sri Lankan Buddhists place
emphasis on principles of Buddhism
- President
It is indeed a
great privilege to once again
commemorate the triple festival of
events in the life of Siddhartha
Gautama, the Buddha, with great
reverence and honour, and with full
state patronage, states President
Mahinda Rajapaksa in a Vesak
message.
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Buddhism fosters peace and
harmony - PM
It is with
immense pleasure and piety that I
send my message of felicitation to
Buddhists in Sri Lanka and Buddhists
around the world for the Vesak
Festival of the year 2012, which
commemorates the completion of
2,600th Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi,
states Prime Minister D M Jayaratne
in a Vesak message.
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Efforts to
internationalize Lankan issues:
‘Media should put country first’
All sections of
the media in Sri Lanka should act
responsibly and put the country
first. Various fingers are being
pointed at the government by NGOs
etc since the government eradicated
terrorism and gave freedom to the
country and its people. Certain
incidents that took place in the
country in the recent past is part
of those pressures,
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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. 
