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Youth held for abusing teenager

[June 14 2013]

A youth was arrested by Akmeemana Police for allegedly abusing an underage girl of Haliwala in Akmeemana, Galle. Police investigations reveal that the youth had a love affair with the minor and molested the girl.

 

Electricity projects in Uva

[June 13 2013]

The Uva Provincial Council has provided electricity facilities for 4,966 households in the Mahiyanganaya Divisional Secretariat area between August 2010 and June 2013. The Provincial Council will provide electricity for 947 more houses to reach the target.

 

Foreign brand cigarettes seized

[June 12 2013]

Customs detected two container loads of cigarettes of a foreign brand valued at nearly Rs 4.5 million, illegally imported to the country on the guise of importing unaccompanied baggage of Sri Lankan expatriate workers in Dubai,

 

Anacondas from SL Zoo to India

[June 11 2013]

Chicks, frogs and fish will top the menu for the young anacondas that will be brought from Sri Lanka to the Mysore Zoo in India. Zoo officials have decided to place additional orders for the supply of chicks at the poultry farm, Kudappanakkunnu. The zoo will get seven green young anacondas from Sri Lanka.

 

Indian Police nab 14 Lankan refugees

[June 06 2013]

Indian Police on Wednesday arrested 14 Sri Lankan refugees, who allegedly had plans to illegally sail off to Australia from Kochi, from a lodge near the Ernakulam KSRTC bus stand.

 

Lankan arrested with gold biscuits in Chennai

[June 05 2013]

Indian customs officials at the Chennai airport seized four gold biscuits each weighing 100 grams from a Sri Lankan passenger, who had reportedly concealed them in his underwear. The four gold bars were carefully wrapped in black paper making it impervious to scanning and were stuffed in his underwear,

 

Fire in forest reserve

[June 04 2013]

At least five acres of forest was destroyed when a sudden fire broke out in Ravana Forest Reserve in Ella Police area. The police had managed to cease the fire being spread further more in the area also identified as “Punchi Siripade”.

 

Heavy rains to continue

[June 02 2013]

Heavy showers can be expected in the coming days over many parts of the country since the South West monsoon is now active, a spokesperson for the Meteorology Department said.

 

 

President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Inset) greeting foreign diplomats at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. Pictures by Sudath Silva and Chaminda Hittetiye

External sector performance satisfactory:

Exports increase in February

Sri Lanka’s external sector performance showed signs of improvement along with the gradual recovery of the global economy. Earnings from exports grew by 20.0 percent in February 2010 to US $ 629 million led by higher earnings from agricultural and industrial exports, the Central Bank said yesterday.

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Constitutional amendment to accelerate development:

Bill in two weeks

Removing obstacles one objective:

A Bill to introduce amendments to the Constitution to accelerate the development drive to make Sri Lanka the Miracle of Asia will be submitted before Cabinet within two weeks, SLFP General Secretary and Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday.

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President tells Colombo based foreign diplomats:

National security prime concern

Democracy, human freedom will be protected:

President Rajapaksa yesterday said that national security is the Government’s prime concern and the Government takes every possible effort to ensure that terrorism would not raise its ugly head on Sri Lanka soil again. Addressing the Colombo based foreign diplomats at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday President Rajapaksa said the Government’s policy on democracy and human freedom remains unchanged.

 

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Safe exit for Somawathiya devotees

The Disaster Management Centre confirmed that all devotees trapped in the Somawathiya sacred area returned home safe. Viharadipathi Pahamune Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera said over 800,000 devotees who visited the the Somawathiya sacred land have returned home safely and denied that there was any flood situation in the sacred area.

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