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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 Sri Lanka Artillery President’s and Regimental Colours ceremony was held at the Sri Lanka Army Artillery Regiment in Panagoda yesterday with President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Chief Guest. The President is seen handing over the President’s Colours and Regiment’s Colour Flags. Secretary to the President Lalith Weerathunga, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Army Commander Lt. General Jagath Jayasuriya, Artillery Regiment Commander Jagath Rambukpotha and senior military officials were present on the occasion. Picture by Sudath Silva

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President at presentation of Sri Lanka Artillery President’s and Regimental Colours:

TERRORISM IS TERRORISM, UNDERSTAND ITS TRUE NATURE

* World should understand this reality

* Some countries still groping in the dark

The only way to eliminate the scourge of terrorism from the world is to understand its true nature and fight it for what it is, instead of giving terrorism various definitions and tags, President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated yesterday.

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Over 100 state sector employees probed for corruption

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption is conducting clandestine investigations against more than 100 state sector employees who earn money illegally by engaging in fraudulent and corrupt activity while serving in the public service.

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Bangladesh will stand by Sri Lanka - Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary

Bangladesh has reassured unstinted support for Sri Lanka at international fora. This message was conveyed to President Mahinda Rajapaksa by Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque at a meeting at Temple Tress yesterday. “We stand by our Sri Lankan brothers on the issue of human rights,” Haque told President Rajapaksa. “It’s an internal matter and we are confident of the leadership. We don’t want to see this brought up (in international fora) at any level.”

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Govt will not allow development effort to be stymied

No one will be allowed to retard the country's development drive to fulfill their political ambitions, Petroleum Industries Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said. Participating at the launch of a Maga Neguma project recently in Katugampola, Minister Yapa said that the government was always willing to hear out constructive criticism.

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