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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.

First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa who accompanied President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his four-day state visit to China visited the Zhang Jinwan Children’s Educational Institution in Fu Zhang, Beijing. The First Lady on arrival was warmly received by the staff and students of the institution. Later, she made an inspection tour of the facility and familiarised herself with how educational activities are being conducted. The First Lady also distributed gifts among children. She also thanked the students and staff at the college for the reception accorded to her and said both countries were ‘enjoying a special friendship’ and added , ‘interactions such as this will help to further enhance ties.’ Zhang Jinwan Children’s Educational Institution Principal Zhang Yu Ling, staff and children thanked First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa for her visit, and wishes. The wife of Sri Lankan Ambassador to China, Rekha Gunasekera accompanied the First Lady. Picture by Lalith Welivitigoda

CHINA CALLS LANKA ‘STRATEGIC COOPERATION PARTNER’

* Sino- Lanka ties break new ground

* China’s cooperation expands to new sectors

* SL committed to One China policy

The Sri Lanka-China relationship has been elevated from one of friendship to one of “strategic cooperation,” said Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao when he met President Mahinda Rajapaksa in China’s Shaanxi Province yesterday. At the end of what he called “very successful bilateral talks and visit,” Vice President Yuanchao,

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Thai PM arrives on two day official visit today

Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra will arrive in Sri Lanka on a two day official visit today. Shinawatra will be received at the Bandaranaike International Airport by Exernal Affairs Minister Prof G. L. Peiris. A special ceremony will take place at the Presidential Secretariat where the visiting Prime Minister is to hold bilateral talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Lanka, China to promote trade and tourism

Chairman of China’s International Tour Management Association Zhao Xianzhang on May 29 handed over two gold-plated statues to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, symbolizing the cooperation between the two countries in promoting trade and tourism. One of the statues is of the famous Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian who travelled from China to South Asia and toured Sri Lanka, in the 5th Century.

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Today is World No Tobacco Day:

Most NCD related sicknesses caused by tobacco, alcohol

On World No Tobacco Day today, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena issuing a stark warning said 20 percent of hospital beds in Lanka are occupied by patients suffering from tobacco and alcohol related diseases. It was also revealed that over 72 percent of sicknesses in Sri Lanka are Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) caused by tobacco and alcohol addiction.

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