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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.

 

 

The severe drought in Rajarata has caused water levels in many tanks and reservoirs to drop drastically. Here, the water level of the Nachchaduwa tank at a very low level. The ongoing renovation project ( Dam Safety Project ) has also caused the tank to keep density at a low level. The capacity of Nachchaduwa is 45,150 acre feet and the present volume is only 4,080 acre feet. Picture by Kithsiri Wanasinghe

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‘A Sri Lankan in space - not the stuff of dreams’

Historic task undertaken by SupremeSAT and Great Wall Corporation:

There is a possibility of Sri Lanka sending an astronaut into space in less than four years. This historic task has been undertaken by the Sri Lankan company SupremeSAT and China’s state- owned biggest satellite manufacturing institution, Great Wall Corporation (CGWIC). The agreement will be signed in Beijing where the Chinese company is based.

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US court orders Twitter to hand over Occupy Wall Street protest movement tweets

A New York judge on Monday ordered Twitter to turn over data on one of its users involved in the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, in a case watched closely as a test of online freedom of speech. Manhattan criminal court judge Matthew Sciarrino ruled that law enforcement had the right to see tweets and other user data from Malcolm Harris,

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‘Texas Police Dept discriminating against women’

A federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses Corpus Christi, Texas of discriminating against female applicants to the city’s police department by requiring them to pass a physical test that favoured men. The Justice Department said the female pass rate for the test, which was used between 2005 and 2011,

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Postal vote application deadline extended

The Elections department has extended the deadline for receiving applications for postal voting until July 19 for the forthcoming elections to the Eastern, North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councils. Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday said there will be no further extensions.

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