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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.

Vice chairperson of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, accompanied by a delegation of MPs and Vietnamese ambassador
to Sri Lanka Ton Sinh Thanh, called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Thursday evening.Picture by Chandana Perera

AMNESTY, HRW SLAMMED OVER C-4 FILM

‘No real evidence in these movies’:

Sri Lanka strongly protests against the organizers of an event at which the so-called Channel 4 documentary No fire zone: the killing fields of Sri Lanka is being screened at the UNHRC in Geneva, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Commission stated in a press release from that city, yesterday (March 1).

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Vietnamese delegation calls on President

A Vietnamese delegation headed by the vice chairperson of the National Assembly of Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Thursday. “Over the years, we’ve watched the developments in Sri Lanka, and we are very happy at your ability to overcome insurgency,”

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Arsenic problem to be nailed

*Final Parliamentary Committee report awaited
*Agrochemicals contain high content

The government will implement a national policy on Arsenic, after the final report of the Parliamentary Committee appointed to look into the Arsenic issue is recieved, Agriculture Ministry Secretary W Sakalasooriya said. He was responding to the Daily News, making reference to a press conference held earlier in the day by the Pivithuru Hetak Organisation,

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Alleged sale of state land using forged deeds:

Green Field Company board member jailed

The Presidential Special Investigation Unit yesterday arrested a board member of Green Field Company owned by Rohan Ratnayake who is alleged to have earned billions of rupees by selling state land using forged deeds. The suspect, a sister of Ratnayake and a director of the company, produced before the Negombo magistrate was jailed.

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