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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.

Depositors of the failed Golden Key Company held a picketing campaign opposite the Supreme Court complex yesterday demanding justice and fair play by expediting the case filed by them to recover their money. They displayed placards alleging that the lawyers appearing for Golden Key Company and its proprietor were trying to stall the proceedings in favour of the company using their good offices as lawyers appearing for Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake in a major case pending before the Parliamentary Select Committee. Picture by Rukmal Gamage

Sri Lanka’s highest marks for Rule of Law

Sri Lanka leads South Asian nations in most dimensions of the Rule of Law while India ranks 78th among 97 countries in guaranteeing access to civil justice, a latest report released on Wednesday said. According to the Rule of the Law Index 2012, report Sri Lanka outperforms its regional peers in all but two dimensions of the Rule of Law.

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Lanka has steadfastly stood with Palestine - President

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people serves to remind the international community that the Palestinians are still denied their right to self-determination, independence and sovereignty and dispossessed of much of their land, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. The people of Sri Lanka have steadfastly stood with the Palestinian people in their decades long struggle for justice and the fulfillment of their inalienable rights and will continue to do so,

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Selection of Counsel suspicious - Golden Key protesters

Golden Key depositors who lost their deposits with it’s collapse, staged a noisy protest in the vicinity of Superior Court complex yesterday against the inclusion of two Attorneys - at - law and a President’s Counsel who appeared for Ceylinco Group chairman Lalith Kotelawala,

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Seven killed in train-trishaw crash

Seven people - two men, three women and two girls - died when the Colombo -Vavuniya Yaldevi train crashed into a three wheeler they were traveling at the Kirimetiyawa railway crossing yesterday morning. The driver of the three wheeler, W M Udaya Asiri Wijekoon of Biyagama, his wife, son, daughter and another woman and two girls had gone to visit the three wheeler driver’s father in Amunugama, Ambanpola.

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