Indian PM calls for greater defence cooperation
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has
reiterated that in the post conflict era the defence of India and
Sri Lanka must be intertwined, while extending warm wishes to
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his forthcoming second swearing-in,
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Special committee appointed :
Move to minimise fatal accidents
A special committee headed by former Minister
Mano Wijeratne has been appointed to make recommendations to
minimise the ever increasing number of fatal accidents daily, in the
country. The committee has already held three rounds of discussions.
Wijeratne had also functioned as Head of the previous Parliamentary
Select Committee appointed in this regard,
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Assembly plants to be set up:
Vehicle manufacturers eye H'tota
Four international vehicle manufacturing
companies are keen to set up assembly plants at the new Magampura
Harbour in Hambantota. Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) chairman Dr.
Priyath Wickrama said,
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Monorail for Colombo and suburbs mulled
The Transport Ministry is exploring the
possibility of building a monorail transport system for Colombo and
the suburbs. Several countries have already pledged assistance to
launch the monorail system in the country,
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Ban on heavy vehicles on city highways mooted
The City Police have focused attention on
banning heavy vehicles plying on main highways in the Colombo City
during peak hours in the mornings and evenings. According to the
police, containers, caterpillars and lorries with heavy logs and
boulders could cause road accidents.
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Two were killed and over 70 others sustained injuries when a bus transporting school children fell into a precipice in Seetha Eliya in Nuwara Eliya this afternoon, police said.
A law student of the Open University Colombo who stabbed a female lecturer was arrested by Mirihana Police today.The student who is also a medical doctor is said to have stabbed his lecturer when the latter had refused to accept his assignment after the due date, police said.
Royal won the second leg by beating Trinity 13 points (one goal and two penalties) to 9 (three penalties) in the second leg of the 69th Bradby Shield encounter played at Royal rugby grounds this evening. Trinity led 6-3 at half time. 
North Western Provincial Council member Ananda Sarath Kumara had been arrested for punishing a female teacher by forcing her to kneel down, for advising his daughter over a disciplinary matter.
A Lieutenant Colonel and a Corporal attached to the Commando Regiment died while a Major sustained injuries when the Land Rover they were travelling in crashed in to an electricity tower along Thabbowa Tank in Karuwalagaswewa area this morning.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared opened the reconstructed Iranamadu airstrip in Killinochchi a short while ago. 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces, have appointed Major General Daya Rathnayake as the new Army Commander. 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed the present Army Chief General Jagath Jayasuriya as the new Chief of Defence Staff with effect from August 01, Presidential Spokesman Mohan Samaranayake, said. 
A 45-year-old man who fell off the fifth storey of an apartment block in Kirulapona succumbed to his injuries last evening, the police said. The victim named Jayapalan, an electrician by profession was attempting to fix an antenna on the fifth storey when he had fallen to his death. 
The Iranamadu runway in Killinochchi will be declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa tomorrow.Reconstructed by the Sri Lanka Air Force the runway will be open for all domestic aviation activities.
