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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.

 

 

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Colombo is among the least expensive cities in the world, according to an annual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The EIU worldwide cost of living index released Monday ranked Colombo as the seventh least expensive city in the world. Karachi, Pakistan and Mumbai were the joint cheapest locations in the survey followed by New Delhi, Nepalese Capital Kathmandu and Algerian Capital Algiers, according to Reuters.

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Country’s University education blossoming - President

Education is the major resource while knowledge is the main weapon, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. The future of the country is with the younger generation especially with the university students, the President said. The President was addressing a gathering at the Eastern University, Batticaloa, yesterday when he unveiled the Zoology block and the renovated auditorium at the Eastern University.

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Bulk tea export cess revised

Under Sri Lanka Export Development Act (No.40 of 1979), the Cess for bulk tea exports was revised with effect from January 23, 2013. The revision is reckoned as Rs. 10 per kilogramme or five percent from the preceding week’s auction average price whichever is higher. The same has been revised with the intervention of President Mahinda Rajapaksa following a request by Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe.

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Thilini speaks out for other disabled

U.G. Thilini Nimeshika Jayatilleke a student of the Ambanpitiya Special School in the Kegalle District who created history by qualifying to enter university by providing oral answers to the 2012 G.C.E. Advanced Level question papers due to a disability in her nervous system and wrongly placed wrists, has made an open request from authorities to provide such facilities to other children who are differently abled like her.

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