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  Tsunami News for Gampaha, Sri Lanka
The 2005 projected population for Gampaha, Sri Lanka is 9,239
71/2, Madelgamuwa, Gampaha is suffering from severe brain cancer for the past...
The Chairmen for the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara...
danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Gampaha.html   (450 words)

  
 Gampaha city - gift delivery in Sri Lanka
Gampaha is the District Capital of Gampaha District in the Western Province and is a principal town around Colombo.
Gampaha is well known all over Sri Lanka for sale of imported second hand vehicles.
Gampaha is the home of the famous Ayurveda Physician Wickremarachci who produced hundreds of Ayurveda Physicians who came to be known as Ayurveda Physicians of Gampaha.
www.lanka.info /Sri_Lanka/cities/gampaha_gampaha.jsp   (146 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Its main rival, the UNP handed in its nominations from the Gampaha, Matale, Badulla and Matara and Puttalam districts.
The party is led in Gampaha by Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya.
In Ratnapura the Alliance Group was led by John Seneviratne and the UNP by Susantha Punchinilame, both former MPs.
www.dailynews.lk /2004/02/24/pol01.html   (580 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
While election violence has reached its climax, a measure of sanity seems to have settled down in the Gampaha electorate with candidates of the two main contenders, the PA and UNP, conducting their campaigns in a climate of amity and camaraderie.
Residents of Gampaha town appreciated the unity displayed by two rival candidates at a time when the election campaign elsewhere is being marred by violence instigated by rival candidates.
The Gampaha Police also mentioned that it was unique to note that no election related complaints have been reported from the Gampaha electorate so far, while in other districts several murders have also taken place.
origin.dailynews.lk /2001/11/29/pol12.html   (146 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The aim is to assist unemployed youth, self employed groups, students in low income groups etc. to promote their knowledge, skills, self development and active participation in economic growth in order to achieve development in all aspects i.e.
The Project will establish two Community Information Networks in Gampaha and Ratnapura districts and will be implemented as a pilot project and depending on the experience and success it will be expanded to other parts of the island.
Gampaha District Community Information network will provide ICT facilities to 10 Village Information Centres (VICs) The VICs of Gampaha District will be established in Gampaha, Divulapitiya, Mirigama, Katunayake, Dompe, Biyagama, Hendala, Wattala, Henegama, and Katana; while the VICs of Ratnapura District will be in Ratnapura, Eheliyagoda, Kalawana, Palmadulla, Kahawatta, Godakawita, Imbulpe, and Nivitigala.
www.dailynews.lk /2003/12/02/new16.html   (508 words)

  
 5. CID OFFICER COMPLAINS OF ASSAULT BY GAMPAHA POLICE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A CID officer had complained to the Supreme Court that he was illegally arrested, and assaulted by officers of the Gampaha Police Station on October 2, 2002 while was on his way to Chilaw to do a surveillance to arrest a murder suspect.
The first respondent in the petition, is P.A. Manthrirathne, the Headquarters Inspector of the Gampaha Police Station.
While in the custody of the Gampaha Police Station the petitioner had been arbitrarily treated and forced to sign a document put forward by the police officers.
www.ahrchk.net /js/mainfile.php/0223/282?print=yes   (182 words)

  
 Pavidi Handa Case, 1983
ABDUL CADER J. The petitioner is the Viharadhipathi of the Sama Vihara situated at Gampaha..
He has stated that an organisation called the "Pavidi Handa" was constituted by a considerable number of the clergy, Buddhist and Christian, in Sri Lanka, who were opposed to the proposal to extend the life of the present Parliament for a further period of 6 years.
He filed this petition on the 9th, stating that after his statement was recorded he feared that these 5,000 copies also may be seized and taken away by the Police and that he would be arrested and his work in connection with the Referendum may be obstructed.
www.tamilnation.org /nadesan/pavidihanda.htm   (2677 words)

  
 "I feel extremely let down by the Police Force in Sri Lanka." - C. Samarakoddy - InfoLanka Forum
This meant that she was travelling daily by bus from Gampaha to Mount Lavinia which is quite a long distance.
On 31st May 2000, this boy had allegedly gone to my ex-wife’s house in Gampaha and told her that Christina had finished the relationship with him and that she now has a new boyfriend.
Christina holds dual nationality in the UK and Sri Lanka because I held a Sri Lankan passport when she was born.
www.infolanka.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/010601.html   (2400 words)

  
 Sri Lanka: Another Death Due to Police Assault
He died prior to admission to the hospital while in the police custdoy of the Gampaha Police.
It was disclosed by a Reliable source of the Gampaha hospital that Nihal Padmasiri was already dead when he was admitted to the hospital.
On the order of the Gampaha Magistrate Court, Assistant Medical Judicila Officer Ajith Tennakoon conducted the post mortum and submitted his reportto the court on 3rd February.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/1999/68?print=yes   (494 words)

  
 Daily Mirror Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A sum of rupees eight hundred thousand has already been sent to the District Secretaries concerned to pay relief to the victims of floods and earth slides caused due to heavy rain during the last few days, a spokesman of the Social Services Department said.
Nearly 5760 families in the Gampaha distinct, 500 families in the Galle district and another 500 families in the Matara district have been affected.
Divisional Secretaries in the Gampaha district received three hundred thousand rupees to pay relief to the victims.
www.dailymirror.lk /2002/10/24/News/2.html   (947 words)

  
 Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Suspected dengue cases in the Gampaha district have shown nearly a 50 per cent increase in 2004.
Benelet Mallawarachchi, Gampaha District Epidemiologist told the Sunday Observer that the Gampaha district including Gampaha, Minuwangoda, Katana, Divulapitiya, Attanagalla, Mirigama, Dompe, Biyagama, Mahara, Kelaniya, Ragama, Wattala, Ja-ela and Negombo MoH areas had become dengue-stricken and added that an alarming number of suspected cases were reported last month.
According to the surveys conducted by 14 Medical Officers of Health in 14 areas in the Gampaha district, it has been found that most people in those areas have become indifferent to taking preventive measures in advance to eradicate the spread of dengue.
www.sundayobserver.lk /2004/07/11/new20.html   (312 words)

  
 Government Information Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The second district level ceremony of the Freedom Alliance Government's Dahasak Maha Wev project commenced in the Gampaha district on wednesday, August 25 with inauguration of the Dadagamuwa Weva in the Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat Division under the patronage of Gampaha district MP S. Amarasigha.
Gampaha District Secretory V.K. Ruparatna, Additional District Secretary UK Goonawardena, Western Provincial Deputy Director of Agriculture S.A.T. Peris, Agrarian Services Assistant Commissioner K.A.P. Jayawardena, Provincial Irrigation Engineer Ajith Thalangama, Gampaha, Irrigation Engineer C. Kumarasingha were present.
Gampaha District MP S. Amarasingha deputising Agriculture, Lands and Irrigation Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayaka said, under the Dhasak Maha Wev project the Freedom Alliance Government aims to preserve our national heritage, the village tank for the generations to come.
www.news.lk /news_2004_08_312.htm   (156 words)

  
 Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ashen Sasanka of Holy Cross College, Gampaha, Rukshan Dassanayake of Parakrama Vidyalaya, Gampaha and Kaveen Fernando of Holy Cross College, Gampaha won the under 11-13, under-9 and under-7 table tennis tournaments held at Weliveriya, Gampaha recently.
Nuwan Wanniarachchi and Suwini Nimesha (BC, Gampaha and HCC, Gampaha), 2.
Gajalindu Illangakoon and Kaushalya Nettasinghe (BC, Gampaha and HCC, Gampaha).
www.sundayobserver.lk /2001/09/16/spo14.html   (91 words)

  
 PRIVATE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
June 2000, I tried to hand over a written complaint to the Gampaha Police and one of the police inspectors scribbled on it and handed it back to me, refusing to accept it (copy attached).
May 2000, this boy had allegedly gone to my ex-wife’s house in Gampaha and told her that Christina had finished the relationship with him and that she now has a new boyfriend.
I have been to meet with this boy’s father and according to him he does not know the whereabouts of his son.
dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/green/gsl26/Letters/attorneweb.htm   (2241 words)

  
 Daily Mirror Online : Front Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Bus tickets to the value of about Rs 750,000 of the Gampaha Depot, have disappeared, informed sources said.
According to sources at the Gampaha Bus Company, a special investigation has been launched to find out whether these tickets are being issued in buses for wrongful gain.
They had been brought by the official entrusted with the security of tickets at the Gampaha Depot," sources said.
www.dailymirror.lk /2003/01/09/frontpage/3.html   (949 words)

  
 Sri Lanka-Holiday,Botanical Gardens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The three excellent botanical gardens in Sri Lanka are at Peradeniya (the largest and the most popular), Hakgala (at an elevation of 5000 feet) and Gampaha, which offer a fascinating collection of tropical and subtropical flora.
Located 460 m above sea-level close to Kandy and surrounded from three sides by the river Mahaveli, Peradeniya botanical garden was founded in the year of 1824.
Situated in the town of Gampaha in the low country.
www.srilanka-holiday.com /botanicalgardens.htm   (217 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Our leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has a vision and a plan to recover the country from the present crisis situation, actor turned politician and Gampaha district UNP candidate Ravindra Randeniya said.
Reginold Perera, former MP for Gampaha District, former UNP Chief Organiser for Mahara said that to obey the UNP leader he has give up - as the chief organiser for Mahara and seeking votes from entire Gampaha District as a clean politician.
He said under a UNP government there will be peace and prosperity and employment opportunities to all without being biased by caste, religion, race or creed.
origin.dailynews.lk /2001/11/29/pol06.html   (343 words)

  
 Hands On: Cashew Processing in Gampaha - Sri Lanka
It is usually carried out by small-scale processors.
Gampaha, a rural area in Sri Lanka close to Colombo, is famous for its cashew nuts.
Most of the families living there are involved in cashew nut processing, and for women it is the main source of income.
www.tve.org /ho/doc.cfm?aid=756   (1330 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Kåre House, in Palliyewatte, Gampaha district, is one of Nest's residential centres where staff live and work.
Those in Gampaha and Kandy are owned by Nest the others are rented.
At Kåre House because of its size many workshops, training sessions and discussions with the public take place.
members.optusnet.com.au /grandview40/nest/centres.htm   (269 words)

  
 Nishad's Personal info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I am currently living in Cambridge, UK but my permanent address is in Gampaha, Sri Lanka.
I did my schooling at 3 institutions in Sri Lanka namely Gothami Primary School- Gampaha, Nikawewa Maha Vidyalaya - Moragollagama and Royal College - Colombo.
I entered University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka to obtain my Degree in Electrical Engineering in which I spent a wonderful few years of my life.
www2.eng.cam.ac.uk /~nku20/personal_info.html   (242 words)

  
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 Achievement_NBG
Rearrangement of the fern specimens of the reference herbarium was completed.
75 herbarium specimens were prepared for the Herbarium at Henarathgoda Botanic Gardens, Gampaha.
Development of Ganewatta and Ambuluwawa Herbria were continued.
www.agridept.gov.lk /NBG/NBG_ach.htm   (437 words)

  
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 Classified Ads
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 DISTRIBUTING AGENTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gampaha - Shanthi Book Depot, 50 Main Street, Gampaha
Sarasavi Book Shop (Pvt.)Ltd., 87, Minuwangoda Road, Gampaha
Wijaya Book Shop, No. 20, Aluthgama Road, Matugama
www.ugc.ac.lk /ugc_admissions/distributing_agents_2004.htm   (442 words)

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