Roar of drug buster

Our Kandy corr Cyril Wimalasurendra captured this scene at the Mahamaya Girls school in Kandy. Police Narcotics Bureau chief Senior SP Pujitha Jayasundera seems to be urging students not to fall prey to kudu Mudalalis.

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Aparakka thera’s expulsion
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Ven. Aparakka Punnyananda Thera is not a member of the Jathika Hela Urumaya,

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  Deputy Minister of Labour Mervyn Silva, who is under fire over his alleged involvement in a recent attack on a club in Colombo has resigned from his post pending an inquiry into the incident.
  
  
• JHU will steer clear of CJ
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  JHU heavyweight Ven. Atureliye Ratana yesterday assured that the party would not get involved in a UNP-led effort to bring a no-confidence motion against Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva.
  
  
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• The LTTE will attack unless
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• After receiving a Notice of Tax in Default?
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• Signs contract under Govi Sahanaya
  CCS to purchase Ginger directly from farmers
  Ceylon Cold Stores Limited (CCS), the pioneer manufacturers of carbonate soft drinks and ice cream in Sri Lanka, has entered in to a "forward Sales Contact" under the "Govi Sahanaya " scheme introduced by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The agreement was singed recently with the aim of having direct contract with the Ginger farmers in the Hataraliyadda and Pujapitiya areas in a bid to ensure that CCS Ginger Beer production is by using the freshest of ginger available.
   

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Little Kalu bids adieu Romesh Kaluwitharana, a member of the World Cup winning Sri Lankan cricket team, has decided to retire from all forms of cricket. ICC research reveals most bowlers are chuckers It is bound to have Fred Trueman spluttering in disbelief.....

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