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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 Mahinda Rajapaksa who is on a four-day official visit to Uganda being welcomed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on arrival at the State House in the town of Entebbe, Uganda for bilateral talks. Picture by Sudath Silva

Prabha denounced by childhood friend

* Expresses desire to undergo Army rehabilitation

* Urges Tamil diaspora to cease anti-Lanka campaign

Gunasundaram Jeyasundaram, a childhood friend and close mate of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) on September 5, 2007 deplored the acts of his one time leader and expressed his desire to undergo a rehabilitation programme conducted by the Sri Lanka Army. In his statement before the Supreme Court, Jeyasundaram said he was profoundly disturbed by the role of the LTTE and condemned its aggressive and violent methods, urging his one time fellow sympathisers of the outfit to follow suit. Gunasundaram also asserts that factions of the LTTE scattered across the globe should immediately cease their actions as they continue to inflict more harm on the Tamil community in Sri Lanka.

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Kudos for Sri Lanka’s anti-poverty programme

Sri Lanka has made significant progress going by international criteria on poverty alleviation, Chairman and Managing Director of the Sovereign Rating Committee, Standard and Poor’s Sovereign Rating Mission John Chambers said. He is also impressed by the country’s development, and facilities provided for investors. Chambers made this observation when he and committee members met Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa at the Ministry office.

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Agriculture, energy and trade dominate Sri Lanka-Uganda bilateral discussions

The Sri Lankan and Ugandan delegations headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Yoweri Museveni held bilateral talks yesterday at the State House in the town of Entebbe, approximately 40km south of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, states a release from the Office of the Presidential Spokesman and International Media Unit.

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Swoop to detect ‘expiry date’ medicine

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) will deploy a special team today to inspect all stores of medicine in private hospitals to discover any medicine with passed expiry dates.

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Islandwide research to identify visually impaired

The Health Ministry will conduct islandwide research to identify persons who are visually impaired. The ministry does not have correct statistics on persons who are visually impaired, a ministry spokesman said.

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