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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 yesterday opened the country’s first ever state fish canning factory at the Galle Fisheries Harbour premises. The new factory is operated as a joint venture between the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation and Happy Cook Lanka Food (Pvt)Ltd. Here, the President inspecting a product of the factory. Fisheries and Acquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Galle District Parliamentarians Nishantha Muthuhettigama, Manusha Nanayakkara, Fisheries Corporation chairman Mahil Senaratne, Happy Cook Lanka Food (Pvt) Limited chairman L.D. Pathirage were also present. Picture by Chandana Perera

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IMF releases $ 426.8 million to Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) board of directors released $ 426.8 million to Sri Lanka after reviewing the country’s implementation of economic policies attached to a $2.56 billion loan. The IMF in a release yesterday said that the Fund had completed the seventh review of Sri Lanka’s economic performance under a programme supported by a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).

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Transform ocean into a lucrative resource - President

“It is a big disgrace for us to import canned fish for our consumption spending billions of rupees as an island nation while endowed with a resourceful ocean around the country “, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The President was addressing a gathering following the opening of the first ever state fish canning factory of Sri Lanka in Galle yesterday.

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Rice at subsidized prices through Lak Sathosa

The government has taken measures to create a special procedure to sell rice at a subsidized price through Lak Sathosa outlets with the support of the Paddy Marketing Board, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane said. Participating in the opening ceremony of the 265th Lak Sathosa outlet established in Weligama, Minister Abeywardane said,

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‘Rs.2,500 enough for bare survival’

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday that what he meant when he said that Rs. 2,500 was enough for a person to survive was that it was sufficient to keep him alive. The Minister said that when a society has a debate on a topic the people of that country would be absorbed in it without being concerned about truths or falsehoods.

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