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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 hands over an English language learning DVD to a student. Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena, Education Ministry Monitoring MP Mohanlal Grero and Presidential Advisor and Coordinator of the Presidential Initiative on English as a Life Skill Sunimal Fernando were also present. Picture by Sudath Silva

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President at launch of English as a Life Skill Phase 3:

ENGLISH PEOPLISED

*No more monopoly of the language

*Should be used as a tool by the young

English language should be used as a tool by the younger generation to achieve their objectives. The government has well understood the importance of providing facilities to improve their skills in English, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. “It is our duty to provide the necessary tools for students to learn the English language,”

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‘Teacher-killer JVP exploits coconut girl’

The manner in which the JVP engaged in mass killings including innocent teachers in the past is an open secret, Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said. He was making a special statement at a meeting of the Western Provincial Council in Battaramulla yesterday.

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Mid-sea mayhem :

All survivors, barring four discharged from hospital

Seventeen Myanmar nationals out of the 32 survivors rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy in the deep seas 250 nautical miles from Sangamankanda were ordered to be sent to the Mirihana Transit Detention Camp through the Galle prisons by Galle Chief Magistrate U S Kalansuriya. They were produced before the Chief Magistrate by the Galle Harbour Police on Monday.

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Bharatha Lakshman case:

Thirteen charged, six discharged

The Attorney General yesterday charged 13 suspects, including Colombo district MP Duminda Silva, in connection with the assassination of former Colombo district MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and three others. When the case was called before Colombo Additional Magistrate Prasanna de Alwis yesterday,

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