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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 has audience with Japanese Emperor : President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is on a four-day official visit to Japan had an audience with Emperor Akihito last morning. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko received the President and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa at the Imperial Palace and hosted a lunch in honour of the President. The Emperor of Japan is the ceremonial monarch in Japan’s system of constitutional monarchy and is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. According to Japan’s 1947 constitution, he is ‘the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people.’ He is also the highest authority of the Shinto religion. Picture by Sudath Silva

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Lanka rehabilitated suicide bombers - Dr. Palitha Kohona

* LTTE carried out over 230 suicide bombings

* Introduced suicide bombing to the world

Sri Lanka undertook a task never undertaken by any country that faced terrorism: rehabilitation of suicide bombers of the LTTE and releasing them to the Sri Lankan community, said Mr. Palitha Kohona, our man in the UN.

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Join hands to defeat sinister forces - Asgiriya Mahanayake

Certain sinister forces are trying to put Sri Lanka into difficulty at the UNHRC sessions to regain their lost power. Everyone should join hands to defeat these attempts, said the Most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkhita Mahanayake Thera of the Asgiriya Chapter.

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President thanks Japan for development assistance :

Sri Lanka’s post-war progress commended

President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with members of the Japan-Sri Lanka Parliamentary League last morning as a part of his four-day official visit to Japan. “We greatly appreciate Japan ’s contribution to many different sectors in Sri Lanka,” President Rajapaksa told the parliamentarians. “In addition to meetings between the leaders of countries, I think people-to-people interactions are also very important,” the President added.

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No more electricity purchases from private sector - Pavithra

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) would not purchase electricity from private sector run fuel powered thermal power plants when the contracts lapse, as a measure of reducing CEB electricity generation costs to provide relief to the consumers, said Power and Energy Minister Pavitra Devi Wanniarachchi.

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