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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 unveiling the National Flag. First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, Prime Minister D M Jayaratne, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Ministers, MPs, Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayake, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Roshan Gunathilaka, three Forces Commanders, Inspector General of Police and officers of the Civil Defence Force also participated in the event.

Peace towards Reconciliation

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Second Victory Day anniversary:

A victory for the whole of Sri Lanka – President

 “Having wiped out the world’s most ruthless terror organization and having preserved the unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, we are now in a position to proudly hoist the national flag. What we are commemorating today is the ability of the Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and other communities to live in unity in our land and the occasion of freeing tens of thousands of Northern citizens who were held hostage by the LTTE terrorists,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

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Salute to War Heroes

Flags of various colours fluttered as the ocean winds blew across the Galle Face Green reminding us of what President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that people in this country will never forget the supreme sacrifice made by the War Heroes for the unity of the Motherland.

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‘SL must be left alone to handle internal issues’

“No country has the right to intervene in the internal affairs of any independent country,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Ali Fatholahi told the Daily News, in an exclusive interview yesterday.

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