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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.

 

 

 Welcoming friends: Over 500 ex-LTTE cadres rehabilitated by the government joined in a friendship tour from the North to South as part of the programme titled Thal ruppawen pol ruppawata organized by the Youth Affairs and Skills Development Ministry and the Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Ministry. The objective of this programme is to promote the centuries old amity between the Sinhalese and Tamils. Here, a woman from the South welcomes visitors from the North as the train carrying them from Vavuniya reaches Matara Fort railway station on Thursday. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

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Global Competitiveness Report (2011-2012):

Sri Lanka in great leap forward

A top riser in the Asian region:

Sri Lanka has made an impressive jump of 10 places to 52nd from 62nd in the rankings of the latest Global Competitiveness Report (2011-2012) issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF). This is a further improvement from the 2009-2010 report which ranked the country at 79th position while last year’s report (2010-2011) placed Sri Lanka at 62nd,

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Vehicles damaged due to low quality petrol:

Compensation next week

Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha said in Parliament yesterday compensation for vehicles damaged due to low quality petrol will commence next week as recommended by the inquiring committee. He said that those who have not obtained a bill for the petrol they purchased will be compensated if they submit an affidavit.

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Lankan delegation leaves for Geneva

The Sri Lankan delegation attending the United Nations Human Rights Council session scheduled to begin on September 12 in Geneva left the country yesterday. The government has appointed a five-member delegation headed by Plantation Minister and Special Human Rights Envoy Mahinda Samarasinghe to address the 18th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva from September 12-30.

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Cabinet nod for Parliamentarian forum here

Cabinet approval has been granted to hold the 33rd Annual Forum of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) in Sri Lanka from October 28 to 30. The joint Cabinet Memorandum in this regard was presented by Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris,

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