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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.

 

Water cut in Fort and Pettah today

[May 11 2013]

A 12-hour water cut will be imposed today to Sunday morning in the Colombo Fort and Pettah areas, National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWS&DB) sources said. The water cut will be imposed from 8 pm today to 8 am tomorrow.

 

Several luxury vehicles seized

[May 09 2013]

Sri Lanka Customs seized several luxury vehicles brought to the country on a false import declaration to avoid paying higher taxes. Customs spokesman Lesly Gamini said his department’s sleuths seized two cars and one van which were fraudulently declared as excavators.

 

ALs from Aug 5 to 31

[May 05 2013]

The 2013 GCE Advanced Level examination will be held from August 5 to 31 while the Grade 5 Scholarship exam is scheduled to be held on August 25, Examinations chief said.

 

 

Buddha Relics exposition: A special exposition of the Sacred Relics of the Buddha brought to Sri Lanka from Pakistan was held at the Maligakanda Vidyodaya Maha Pirivena under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s patronage on Saturday. Vidyodaya Parivenadhipathi Ven Balangoda Sobhitha Thera, Ven Akuratiye Nanda Thera, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs Deputy Minister M K D S Gunawardena, and Pakistani High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Seema Baloch were also present. Picture by Nalin Hewapathirana

Peace towards Reconciliation

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Tourism report to Minister Basil Rajapaksa this week:

Hotel rooms to be doubled to 45,000 by 2016

Fourteen- pronged strategy for promoting FDIs :

The Economic Development Ministry with the private sector will launch an ambitious programme of doubling the hotel room capacity to 45,000 by 2016 over the current 22,745 to accommodate 2.5 million arrivals by that time.

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Sri Lanka, UAE sign petroleum reserve deal

The government has reached an agreement with a petroleum company in the United Arab Emirates for a petroleum reserve over a period of six months. Petroleum Industries Ministry Secretary Titus Jayawardena said that this agreement was carried out on the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa as a solution to the large sum spent to purchase petroleum from foreign countries.

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President opens Kokavil tower today

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will open the tallest self-supporting transmission tower in South East Asia- the Kokavil Transmission tower-in the Mullaitivu District in the Northern Province today. The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka has spent Rs.330 million to construct the 174 metre high multi-purpose transmission tower.

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J’pura undergrad remanded in threatening case

An undergraduate of the Sri Jayawardenapura University was remanded until June 16 for allegedly threatening the Vice Chancellor with bodily harm. He had been arrested following a complaint made by the Sri Jayawardenapura University Vice Chancellor.

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