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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 pays homage to the Vishva Shanthi Buddha Statue which is being taken all over the world to bring about world peace, at Temple Trees yesterday. Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala and All Island Buddhist Association Chairman Jagath Sumathipala were also present. Picture by Sudath Silva

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Govt decides:

Maximum relief for drought-hit farmers

The government will provide the maximum possible relief for the farmers affected by the drought, Health Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena said. Addressing a press conference at the Mahaweli Centre yesterday, the minister said that the Cabinet would today decide on the compensation for the drought-hit cultivated lands.

 

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Following Mannar Magistrate’s alleged questioning:

Hunais Farook’s privileges as MP have been violated - Speaker

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday said in Parliament that the courts of law or any other institution could not question an MP on what he or she said in Parliament. That amounts to a breach of Parliamentary privilege. The Speaker said that if a reference has been made to the speech that UPFA MP Hunais Farook made in Parliament,

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Minister Sirisena accepts challenge

Health Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that he willingly accepts UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake’s challenge to prove his (minister’s) statement on the betrayal of Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe during the Presidential Election in 1994.

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Maths paper flaw:

Prompt action to sort out muddle

The Examinations Commissioner will take prompt action to solve the problem in the Combined Maths paper of the Advance Level Examination 2012. Complains have been received about one of the questions in the Combined Maths paper, Examination Commissioner Jagath Pushpa Kumara said.

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