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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.

 

 

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Shangri-La Asia chairman Kuok Khoon Ean at the ground breaking ceremony of the Shangri-La hotel, Colombo. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

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Minister G. L. Peiris tells int’l community:

‘Sri Lanka for home grown solution’

The Sri Lankan delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva has impressed on the international community that resolving the grievances of Sri Lanka’s communities after the conflict, is an entirely internal matter and that the issue could be resolved by Sri Lanka independently.

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Shangri-La hotels enters local hospitality industry

The ground breaking ceremony of the much awaited Shangri-La hotel, Colombo, took place yesterday in the presence of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and a large number of foreign and local dignitaries. The Shangri-La hotel Colombo with 661 rooms will be opened in mid 2015 and the property will be fully integrated into the local community from the very beginning,

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Govt implementing LLRC recommendations - Vasudeva

National Languages and Social Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara yesterday said that his ministry has already started implementing some of the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). The minister said that the ministry attempts to ensure that all ethnic groups are involved in the administrative affairs of the country,

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Programme to promote cottage industries next month

Government officials are preparing to visit every household throughout the country in March to educate householders on how their environment should be made economically viable by initiating cottage industries. Three teams of government officials led by Grama Niladharis, Agriculture Development officers, and Samurdhi development officers will discuss the issues that prevent the public from making their gardens economically viable.

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