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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 being presented a replica of the first aircraft in Sri Lanka by Civil Aviation Minister Priyankara Jayaratne, in appreciation of his service to the civil aviation sector, at the centenary celebration of the country’s civil aviation sector at Temple Trees yesterday. Picture by Sudath Silva

SPEAKER GETS REPORT TODAY; NGO’S LIE ON PROCEEDINGS

* Fabricated account to malign PSC, locally, internationally
* Members prepare PSC report in quick time

The report of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to probe the impeachment charges against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is to be handed over to Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa today, sources said. Our sources said the PSC was preparing the report last evening after the Committee met in Parliament. The process was cut-short as there was no defence offered by the person facing the charges, who walked out of the proceedings.

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President calls for strengthening country’s aviation, maritime sectors

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said Sri Lanka’s independence would not have been threatened, if previous governments strengthened its maritime and aviation sectors. “If our friends in power thought of strengthening the aviation and maritime fields, it would not have been easy to drop dhal to our country,” he said.

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Four Opposition members withdraw from PSC

The four opposition members appointed to the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to investigate into the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayake yesterday said at a press conference that they had decided to withdraw from the PSC. UNP Parliamentarians John Amaratunga and Lakshman Kiriella, DNA MP Vijitha Herath and TNA MP R Sampanthan made this statement at a press conference at a Committee room at the Parliament Complex.

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