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Special trains for Vesak

[May 24 2013]

Sri Lanka Railways has introduced a special train service in view of the Vesak Week for those travelling to Colombo for the Vesak celebrations. The special services will be in operation on May 25, 26 and 27 from Colombo Fort to Mahawa, Colombo Fort -Rambukkana, Colombo Fort - Aluthgama to Veyangoda, and Maradana to South Kalutara.

 

Thihagoda needs cooperative wholesale outlet

[May 22 2013]

The people of Thihgoda Divisional Secretariat Division are in need of a cooperative wholesale outlet in the Thihagoda town.

 

Man with heroin gets RI, fine

[May 17 2013]

A man who was found guilty to the charges of possessing heroin and trading them was sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment suspended for two years and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 by Galle High Court Judge K B K Hiriburegama .

 

Technical college for Mannar

[May 16 2013]

A new technical college is to be established in Mannar to promote technical education in the Eastern Province. The Youth Affairs and Skills Development Ministry and UNICEF recently signed the memorandum of understanding in this regard.

 

Watcher slays landlady

[May 15 2013]

A 62 year old watcher of a coconut estate in Alawwa was taken into custody by Alawwa Police in connection with the murder of a woman, the owner of the estate by stabbing her with a knife. The woman was identified as Nalini Dissanayake, 48, a mother of one.

 

Roads closed for Victory Day rehearsals

[May 12 2013]

The Galle Face Circular Road and the Circular Road at the Presidential Secretariat will be closed until May 18 as the area is assigned for rehearsals of the Armed Forces preparing to mark Victory Day on May 18, a release issued by the Media Centre for National Security said.

 

SE university academic sessions begin on May 27

[May 12 2013]

The academic session of the first semester of the Southern Eastern University for all students of the Faculty of Arts and Culture, Faculty of Management and Commerce, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Languages, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Faculty of Engineering will commence on May 27, the university said in a release.

 

Mahogany logs seized

[May 12 2013]

Five suspects transporting 52 Mahogany logs in a truck without a permit were apprehended by the Kandy Police Frauds Unit at Attaragama, Katugastota.

 

 

President meets UN Chief : Warm welcome
President Mahinda Rajapaksa meeting UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon in New York yesterday. Picture by Sudath Silva

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Fitch affirms SLT at ‘B+’; Revises outlook to positive

Fitch Ratings affirmed Sri Lanka Telecom Plc’s (SLT) foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘B+’ and revised its Outlook to Positive from Stable.

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Six persons on two motorbikes involved:

Pre-dawn heist of Rs 70 million

Robbery took place near teller machine:

A six member gang in motorcycles robbed Rs 70 million near a teller machine of a bank at Thelangapatha in the Peliyagoda police area at about 1.30 a.m. yesterday, Police spokesman SP Prishantha Jayakody said. The money had been brought to be deposited in teller machines in the area.

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Thai know-how for inland fishing industry:

President’s UN speech highly commended

World leaders attending the 65th UNGA Sessions in New York have highly commended President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his speech delivered at the UN sessions on Thursday.

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Analyst’s delays crowd prisons

There is a backlog of 400,000 cases in Courts islandwide and of them 17,000 are due to the delay in analyst’s reports, Justice Minister Athauda Seneviratne said. He was addressing employees at the Government Analyst’s Department while on an inspection tour together with Deputy Minister Reginald Cooray.

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Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission:

Thera calls for proper implementation of language policy

Sri Jayawardenapura University Chancellor and Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya Chief Incumbent Prof Bellanwila Wimalarathana Thera yesterday said that Tamil people feel that they have been marginalized by the way the language policy is being implemented in the country.

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