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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 and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa hosted a dinner in honour of Thai Prime Minister Yinguck Shinawatra at President’s House in Kandy on Friday night. The dance item presented by National Youth Council members added colour to the occasion. Pictures by Sudath Silva

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REMEMBER PAST, SO AS NOT TO REPEAT ITS TERROR

* Younger generation should be apprised of gruesome era

* Govt. never promoted chauvinism, extremism in society

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that recalling atrocities perpetrated by LTTE terrorists in the past was not intended to sow seeds of hatred in society, but to ensure that the such a gruesome period will not be repeated in the future.

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Sri Lanka tells HR Council session: Make INGOs accountable

* Some NGOs feeding terrorism and conflict

* LTTE fronts posed as legitimate organisations

Sri Lanka emphasised that regulation, transparency and accountability of funding to NGOs and NPOs is a pre-requisite in the interest of national security and counter-terrorism as recognised by states, and that obligation placed on states to adhere to the regulatory framework in compliance with 40 Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, makes it mandatory to monitor fund transfers of all financial institutions inclusive of NPOs and INGOs (associations) and other financial institutions, in countering financing of terrorism, money laundering or other related trans-national crimes.

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All suspects in Katukele jewellery shop robbery arrested

Ex-sailor, soldier among suspects:

Kandy Police on Saturday arrested the suspects involved in the robbery of a jewellery shop in Katukele, Kandy. Gold and money worth Rs. 35 million was stolen from the jewellery shop by the robbers disguised as Army and Police personnel.

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Liquid Bio-fertilizer projects launched in NCP

The Economic Development Ministry yesterday launched Liquid Bio-fertilizer projects in the North Central Province as part of the government’s Organic Agriculture Development Programme to produce toxic-free agro-products in Sri Lanka to encourage the growth of organic agriculture.

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