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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.

 

 

All arrangements have been finalised for the Mihintale Aloka Pooja Pinkama organised by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Here a group of Samanera bhikkhus sweep the stairway leading to the Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya. Picture by Wimal
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‘Over Rs one m spent on each Northern family’

The government has spent over Rs one million per family in the Northern Province during the past two and a half years under the Uthuru Wasanthaya programme on infrastructure development to revive the devastation caused by terrorism, Northern Governor Major General G A Chandrasiri said yesterday.

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Govt rebuts Oppn criticisms

The government yesterday condemned the Opposition’s attempts to target specific economic personalities to create chaos in state institutions and destroy the trust certain key institutions, such as the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, have in the eyes of the people. Certain JVP MPs have taken a major effort to destablise economic nerve centres by creating unrest within the working population over EPF and NSB issues.

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ANCL constructed Poyage in Mihinthale opens on June 4

A newly constructed Poyage will be declared open for the Maha Sangha on June 4 at 4 pm to mark Poson Full Moon Poya Day, along with the Mihinthale Aloka Pooja organised by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. M/s Abans Ltd will sponsor the Mihinthale Aloka Pooja 2012 for the seventh consecutive year at a cost of Rs 2.5 million.

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Indian govt extends LTTE ban

The Indian government on Friday extended the ban on LTTE by another two years following intelligence reports that remnants of the terror outfit were trying to re-group in Tamil Nadu. According to a notification issued by the Union Home Ministry, even though LTTE has been “decimated in Sri Lanka, recent reports reveal that remnant LTTE cadres and leaders are regrouping in Tamil Nadu”.

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