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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.

PEOPLE’S POWER: A large number of people from different walks of life, including Lake House workers, came from various parts of the country yesterday to show their support for the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake debated in Parliament. Here, a section of the large gathering which protested near the Parliamentary Roundabout. Pictures by Sudath Nishantha

Speaker decides vote on impeachment in order:

Chief justice impeached with two thirds majority

Vote far exceeds necessary simple majority:

Parliament yesterday passed the impeachment resolution for the removal of Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayake, the first ever impeachment motion passed against a Chief Justice in Sri Lanka, with a two-thirds majority. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa said the resolution will be directed to President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Decision, a blow to saboteurs

The Parliament’s decision on the Chief Justice dealt a severe blow to the insidious forces who used her as a cat’s paw to destabilise the government’s progressive march to uplift the rural masses, Patriotic National Movement president Dr Gunadasa Amarasekera said. Dr. Amarasekera said the Chief Justice was behaving like a politician and her conduct was sufficient to disqualify her from the post of Chief Justice.

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Bolzano delegation calls on President:

Considers hotel school investment in Hambantota

President Mahinda Rajapaksa welcomed a delegation headed by the President of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano Dr Luis Durnwalder at Temple Trees on Wednesday. President Durnwalder and the delegation from the Province on a week-long visit to Sri Lanka at the invitation of Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, are looking for more investment opportunities.

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GK depositors’ seek CJ’s removal

‘Remove Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayaka and ensure functionality of Court orders’ that had been previously issued by other Supreme Court Judges who heard our (Golden Key depositors’) trial, aggrieved Golden Key depositors, who are on a hunger strike opposite the official residence of Chief Justice Dr Bandaramayaka, demanded yesterday. The hunger strike of Golden Key victims entered the fourth day.

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