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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.

 

 

From Left: Sri Lankan High Commissioner to UK Dr Chris Nonis, Foreign Secretary Karunatilake Amunugama, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunge, External Affairs Ministry Monitoring MP Sajin Vasz Gunewardene and Presidential Spokesman and International Media Advisor Bandula Jayasekera during an interaction with the media yesterday.

The Colombo Municipal Council yesterday received jetting and vacuum trucks worth over Rs. 164 million for disposal of waste water under financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank. In the picture,Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa hands over the keys to Colombo Mayor A J M Muzammil. Local Government and Provincial Council Minister A L M Athaullah, Deputy Minister Indika Bandaranayake and CMC Opposition Leader Mohammed Maharoof were also present. Picture by Sulochana Gamage Please see page 6 for report.

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President holds successful interactions in UK:

Significant foreign policy triumphs for SL

Diasporic extremists’ protests in London rebuffed:

President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s recent visit to the United Kingdom was hailed as a foreign policy success for Sri Lanka by several officials who accompanied him on the tour. Six out of the seven main events the President attended in UK were resounding successes.

 

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‘Some LLRC recommendations can be implemented this year’

A number of state institutions are engaged in the implementation of some main recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). Some can be implemented within this year, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunge said yesterday.

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Police foil bank robbery, one killed in shoot-out

Police foiled a bank robbery at the heart of Thalangama town yesterday morning, while killing a member of a robber gang during a shoot-out, Police Media Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said. He said three men had come to rob the Battaramulla branch of a state bank in Thalangama and hurled grenades at the police personnel who arrived at the scene.

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Russia always backed Lanka: ambassador

Russia, while stressing that the Sri Lankan government had no option but to defeat LTTE terrorists militarily, yesterday said Sri Lankan leaders had tried their maximum to minimise casualties in their efforts to eradicate terrorism. Russian ambassador to Sri Lanka Vladimir Mikhaylov said.

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