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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 boy had nearly 25 tell tale marks of severe beatings all over his body. Picture by Prasad Purnamal, Puttalam district group cor

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Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake who appeared before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption yesterday, failed to file her objections as promised earlier. She failed to make any oral submissions either, and instead walked out after obtaining further time to do so. The Commission which gave her time till May 17 to either file her objections or make oral submissions,

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President wants obsolete Land Acts amended

Acts related to land matters should be amended to suit present day needs, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told Land and Land Development Ministry officials yesterday. “This should be done to ensure optimum land resource utilisation towards sustainable development and to provide speedy and fair solutions to public needs,” he said.

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Day old infant found near culvert

Watawala Police found a day old baby girl abandoned near a culvert beside the Watawala Sinhala Vidyalaya yesterday. A policeman on duty near the school found the infant in the morning on hearing her cries. The infant was found wrapped in a cloth.

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