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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 participated in the ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the ‘Sanchi
University of Buddhist and Indic Studies’, at Madhya Pradesh, India, yesterday. Picture courtesy : President’s Media unit

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Sanchi:

‘Buddha’s message of tolerance-all important’

‘We embrace all of India in bonds of friendship and history’:

The Buddha’s message of tolerance and understanding is of great relevance today, as we see the tragic results of enmity and hatred towards other faiths leading to violence and destruction, and great loss to societies. It is of equal importance in the East and West alike,

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IPU’s Trowell QC to observe court proceedings on Rishad

The Geneva-based Inter - Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians informed the Sri Lankan Parliament that the committee assigned Queen’s Counsel Mark Trowell to visit Sri Lanka and observe proceedings in cases instituted against Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen,

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Minister Mervyn to set up special fund to assist places of religious worship

Public Relations and Public Affairs Minister Mervyn Silva said he would set up a special fund on electoral basis to assist places of religious worship belonging to all faiths in the Gampaha district. He disclosed this when he distributed Rs 5.15 million among temples, churches and mosques in the district on September 18 and 19.

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Ten islands in Kalpitiya as tourist destinations

The government will lease 10 islands in Kalpitiya to develop them as tourist destinations under the Kalpitiya Integrated Tourism Resort Project. Two islands have already been leased, Economic Development Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said.

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