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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.

 

 

An Indian policeman looks at debris left after several low intensity explosions took place at the Bodh Gaya temple complex injuring two people yesterday. AFP

The Walk and Run Programme 2013 organised by the Sri Lanka Medical
Association (SLMA) was held opposite the BMICH yesterday. Around 3,000
medical doctors, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Health Ministry Secretary Dr. Nihal Jayathilake, Health Services Director General Dr. Palitha
Mahipala and the public participated. The Health Ministry declared 2013 as
the Year of Prevention of Non- Communicable Diseases. The SLMA organised this programme.

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Mahabodhi temple whoddunit?:

SRI LANKAN GOVT. WANTS INQUIRY

*No Sri Lankans injured
*Two more bombs defused inside the complex

No Sri Lankans were injured in the series of blasts at the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar’s Bodhgaya area last morning, External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunathilake Amunugama said. He said President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered Sri Lankan High Commissioner to New Delhi Prasad Kariyawasam to submit an immediate report about the incident.

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President meets Maldivian leader

Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Waheed met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at President’s House on Saturday. President Rajapaksa hosted for breakfast President Waheed, First Lady Ilham Hussain and the delegation in Sri Lanka on a two-day working visit.

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Police suspect involvement of Indian Mujahideen

Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami said the Bodh Gaya blasts were a terror attack. Bihar Police suspect the involvement of Indian Mujahideen in the temple blasts. According to Gaya Police, the blasts took place in quick succession between 5.30 am and 6 a.m in the temple complex and near the Mahabodhi tree.

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