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Thursday, February 28, 2013


Dilantha from Bodhu Bala Sena to be appointed as Buddha Sasana Ministry Secretary

Wednesday, 27 February 2013 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked the theoretician of Bodhu Bala Sena, Dilantha Vithanage to accept the post of Buddha Sasana Ministry Secretary, reliable sources said.
Vithanage currnelty serves as an advisor at the Consumer Welfare Ministry under Senior Minister S.B. Navinne. The President had extended the invitation to accept the post to Vithanage through the National Organizer of Bodhu Bala Sena, Ven. Vitharandeniye Nanda Thero.
Ven. Nanda Thero is a close associate of the President and the Defence Secretary.
Vithanage had realized that the President was trying to take control of Bodhu Bala Sena by appointing him as the secretary of a ministry and had gracefully turned down the President’s request.
The Iranian ambassador who had visited the Bodhu Bala Sena headquarters at Thunmulla on the 25th had invited members of the organization to visit Iran. Bodhu Bala Sena activists are to therefore tour Iran shortly.

Death of mother & daughter in Lebanon a mystery


logoTHURSDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2013 
Deaths that occurred within a week due to the same illness of a Sri Lankan mother and her daughter who had been employed in Lebanon are a mystery say relatives.
The deceased are H.P. Margret  (62) a resident of Koswadiya, Mahawewa at Naththandiya who had been employed in Lebanon for 28 years and her daughter Mallika Kusumalatha (37) a resident of Weehenawellakele at Mahawewa who had left to Lebanon 6 years ago.
Both of them had been employed in Beirut and lived in a rented out house there.
Ms. Margret who had suddenly fallen sick on the 15th died on the 17th and Mallika who had got sick on the 20th died on the 24th. Both have died in a hospital in Beirut. The relatives have been informed that both had been suffering from phlegm infection.
However, relatives suspect foul play and have requested the government to conduct an impartial investigation. They have forwarded documents to the Foreign Employment Bureau to get down the bodies.
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