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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.

 

 

At a recent meeting with the business community in Colombo held at Hotel Nippon, UPFA mayoral candidate Milinda Moragoda holds up a handful of newspaper cuttings dating back to the 1960s that former Colombo Mayor M.H. Mohamed gave him, pointing out that the many problems brought up at that time had still not been resolved. The only way to find lasting solutions was to leave politics behind and to adopt an integrated approach with citizens, local government and higher government agencies, all working together to solve these problems. Former Minister R A D Sirisena, Shahool Hameed and candidate Mohamad Hussein Mancil also attended the meeting.

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President tells meeting of Special Committee on Food Security and Cost of Living:

African market for Sri Lanka’s surplus rice

There is a potential market in African countries for surplus rice produced in Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said at a meeting of the Special Committee on Food Security and Cost of Living at Temple Trees on Tuesday afternoon. The President said leaders of African countries who met him in New York on the sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly sessions,

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Arrested Lankans had LTTE links

The five Sri Lankan Tamils and four Keralites who were arrested on Monday for cheating 34 Sri Lankans at refugee camps in Tamil Nadu are suspected to have had LTTE links. The officials have sought the assistance of Tamil Nadu Q branch in this regard.

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‘Shavendra Silva protected by diplomatic immunity’

The External Affairs Ministry says that it will take all necessary measures to ensure that ambassador Shavendra Silva’s ability to conduct his duties as a diplomat of the Sri Lankan government is protected.

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Dutch prosecutors demand long sentences for LTTE fundraisers

Dutch prosecutors have demanded sentences ranging from 10 to 16 years for five Tamils accused of raising millions of Euros in the Netherlands to finance the LTTE. Prosecutors accuse the men, all naturalized Dutch citizens, of extorting cash from Tamils living in the Netherlands, running illegal lotteries and laundering money.

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