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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.

 

 

The Chinese Jilin dance troupe is visiting Sri Lanka to mark the Chinese New Year celebrations and enhance cultural relations between China and Sri Lanka. They staged special performances at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre on February 18 and 19. Culture and the Arts Minister T B Ekanayake and Chinese ambassador Wu Jianghao were the Chief Guests. The Chinese Jilin troupe’s Sri Lanka tour was organised by the ministry’s Foreign Cultural Relations Unit under the sponsorship of the Chinese embassy. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

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Channel four at it again

Govt denies latest fabrication:

Sri Lanka totally rejected allegations that the youngest son of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran died at the hands of Sri Lankan Security Forces, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in India Prasad Kariyawasam said.

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State banks should be development catalysts – President

Profit maximisation should not be the only objective of state banks. They should strive to be catalysts in national development while maintaining profitability, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. He was speaking at a ceremony to hand over letters of appointment to nearly 1,800 trainee staff assistants, recruited to the Bank of Ceylon (BOC).

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GL to brief Dpls

The External Affairs Ministry is to brief the diplomatic community about Sri Lanka’s current progress and the stance to be adopted at the forthcoming UNHRC sessions. This briefing will take place at a conference with all High Commissioners and ambassadors stationed in Colombo at the External Affairs Ministry this morning presided by External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris, ministry Director General of Communications Rodney Perera said.

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All land disputes in North to be resolved within two years

Measures will be taken within the next two years to resolve disputes arising from the requisition of civilian lands for military establishments, Land and Land Development Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon said.

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Japan gives thumbs up to Northern development

Ambassador impressed with scale of progress:

Japanese ambassador to Sri Lanka Nobuhito Hobo said he was highly impressed with the scale of development in the Northern and Eastern Provinces during the past three years. Hobo said he was impressed by what he saw during a tour of the North and East recently. He was in Jaffna for the opening of the Teaching Hospital renovated with Japanese assistance.

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