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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.

 

 

Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim students attached to the Eastern University of Sri Lanka joined hands and organised a rice dansala for Poson pilgrims at Chenkaladi yesterday. Here Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva joins Deputy Ministers Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan and M L A M Hisbullah and Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan to enjoy a meal after opening the dansela. Picture Aminda Fernando

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Rise in visa overstayers

Authorities deported nearly 250 foreigners found to have violated Sri Lankan visa regulations during the last five months. They include 137 Indians, the largest by any country and 38 Pakistanis. There were also 17 Thai nationals, Emigration and Immigration Department’s Investigation Unit head Amitha Perera said. “Those deported include overstayers as well as those found to have misused their visas and engaged in unlawful activities,” he said.

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President participates in Diamond Jubilee Thanksgiving Service

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa who are in London to attend the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizebeth 11 yesterday participated in the Thanksgiving Service at St Paul’s Cathedral. A large number of invitees participated in the thanksgiving mass held at the St. Paul’s Cathedral yesterday on the sidelines of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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Govt opposes internationalization of national issues

The government’s steadfast position is to categorically oppose any international initiatives which impinge on Sri Lanka’s national issues to ensure the non-internationalization of domestic issues, said Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva in Parliament reading a statement sent by External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris.

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H’tota Port begins transhipment trade

The Hambantota Magampura International Port will enter the transhipment trade when the ship Ellision Sun docks at the harbour bringing a consignment of 1,000 motor cars from Chennai, India today. The 1,000 vehicles loaded at the port will be re-exported to Algeria aboard the ship Asian Legend on June 15, said Sri Lanka Ports Authority chairman Dr Priyath B Wickrema.

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