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Topic: Kegalle


In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  Kegalle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kegalle is a city in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka.
It is the Capital City of the Kegalle District which is one of the two districts belonging to Sabaragamuwa province (the other being Ratnapura.
According to the the 2001 census Kegalle has a population of 86,581.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kegalle   (197 words)

  
 About SLEES
Study of the Kitulgala rain forest of the Kegalle District.
Study of the Salgala sanctuary of the Kegalle District.
This program is operational in 40 schools in the Kegalle district and is directed at networking students who are keen on conserving the environment.
www.geocities.com /sleesweb/activities.htm   (326 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - News
The Kegalle district development progress evaluation conference was held at the Kegalle kachcheri auditorium presided over by Kegalle District Parliamentarian and Wayamba Development Minister Jayatilake Podinilame.
Kegalle district MP and the Samurdhi Minister R. Sirisena disclosed that some families of sound income are also receiving Samurdhi benefits since the PA administration and that he has planned to scrutinize all details with regard to the private income of those miscreants and rectify the situation.
Minister Podinilame also said that the National Urban Development project with forty one units will be established in Kalugalle Mawatha in Kegalle town, and that arrangements are in the offing for the Mawanella Development project which is already planned for implementation, and still more lands are to be acquired for this purpose.
www.dailynews.lk /2002/08/13/new26.html   (392 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - News
An 18 year old boy, a grade 12 student of a school in Kegalle is in a critical condition at the intensive care unit of the Kegalle Hospital after being assaulted by seniors in one of the worst cases of ragging reported from schools.
As he was seated in a Rambukkana bound bus stationed in the Kegalle bus stand the seniors who followed him had taken him out to a nearby shrub jungle and attacked him mercilessly.
Since the boy seemed to be in a critical condition the people had rushed him to the Kegalle hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit.
www.dailynews.lk /2003/02/15/new04.html   (255 words)

  
 Online edition of Sunday Observer - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
A number of CTB buses in Kegalle Depot are not functioning today owing to the lack of various spare parts to make those vehicles roadworthy according to Kegalle Depot Superintendent Tissa Chandrasiri.
As disclosed by the Depot Superintendent forty buses of the Kegalle depot fleet of buses cannot be put on the road owing to the lack of tyres and seven buses of its fleet need their engines to be replaced with new ones.
Formerly, Kegalle CTB Depot operated its buses in fifty seven bus routes in the area, but today in most routes buses (CTB) are not operated owing to lack of vehicles.
www.sundayobserver.lk /2006/02/05/new29.html   (446 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library:  Sasthrawela temple
When you pass Kegalle on the Colombo-Kandy road there is a mighty rock near Mawanella called Utuwankande, where once lived Saradiel known as the Robin Hood of Sri Lanka.
Saradiel and his gang became such a terror in the district that the forces in Kegalle, Mawanella and Hingula Police stations were strengthened.
Govt Agent of Kegalle, E. Saunders arrived at the scene in a cloud of dust with a company of soldiers from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment and took positions by surrounding the house.
www.lankalibrary.com /myths/saradiel2.htm   (3289 words)

  
 Violence escalates as parties hit campaign trail
In Kegalle district, police baton charged and used tear gas to disperse UPFA supporters who clashed with the police.
A Sinhala daily correspondent Chandana Pushpakumara was attacked by an unidentified gang and was admitted to the Kegalle hospital.
In another incident at Hemmathagama in Kegalle, three UPFA supporters were injured, when a group of UNF supporters, who were returning after nominations, had attacked a UPFA office.
www.tamileelamnews.com /cgi-bin/news/exec/view.cgi/3/1961/printer   (470 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Government Gazette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
He claims he should be credited for the Road Development Plan of the Kegalle District, in which the maintenance of roads within the district was designated to the Central Government, Provincial Council, and local government bodies.
At the 1994 General Elections he was elected MP from Kegalle and appointed as Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Plantation Industries and Parliamentary Affairs.
The UNP's leader in Kegalle pledges to rebuild the desolate economy of the district by restoring and shifting industries connected to the raw material available in the district.
www.sundayobserver.lk /2001/pix/GE-Kegalle.html   (845 words)

  
 Centre for Policy Alternatives
CMEV continues to be concerned at the high levels of violence perpetrated by the two main contenders in this election campaign, the PA and the UNP, which we feel is an indicator of their lack of commitment to the holding of a free and fair election on December 5, 2001.
Mr Ananda Dassanayake, UNP Member, Kegalle Urban Council alleges that on the 22nd of November while UNP candidate W.Somadasa's supporters were returning after making arrangements for a meeting, they were shot at by supporters of PA candidate Mr.
Mahiepala Herath at Makoora, Hettimulla in the Kegalle District.
www.cpalanka.org /cmev_24th_nov_2001.html   (1268 words)

  
 Kegalle Town - Sri Lanka
Kegalle is one of the two main cities in Sabaragamuwa province.
Kegalle falls under the lengthiest towns in Sri Lanka.
Kegalle has an agriculture based economy where the main cultivation is Rubber.
kegalletown.com   (182 words)

  
 Centre for Policy Alternatives
Mr.M.G.R Dayananda, UPFA Candidate for Kegalle Municipal Council was assaulted by a group of UNP supporters led by UNP candidate Mr.Laxman Dissanayake at around 2430hrs, 28th March.
It is alleged that Mr.Dayananda was a former supporter of UNP, who was also the former deputy mayor of Kegalle MC, who had crossed over to the UPFA recently and according to CMEV Monitors an argument had broken out between Mr.Dayananda and Mr.Dissanayake, which was followed by the former getting assaulted by supporters of UNP.
A complaint was made to the Kegalle Police by Mrs.R.M Janaranjani, wife of Mr.Dayananda at around 1045hrs, 29th March under EIB 41/49.
www.cpalanka.org /cmev_29th_Mar_2006_2.html   (640 words)

  
 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
In addition, the drainage and topography of certain districts and land use patterns are also significant factors.
For example, the Districts of Kegalle and Ratnapura have people settled in flood plains and steep hill-slopes.
The highest risk is in the Kegalle District followed by Ratnapura and Nuwara Eliya Districts.
www.ldeo.columbia.edu /~lareef/tsunami/disaster2.html   (948 words)

  
 South Asian Media Net > OPINION
Albert A. Wickremasinghe, a devout Catholic from Kegalle, braved the might of the Colonial rulers to safeguard the Buddhists of the area.
The findings of the Kegalle Shooting Commission marked the beginning of the change of heart of the authorities in England towards granting the people a share in the administration of their country.
After the Report of the Kegalle Shooting Commission was published in 1917, there began a movement on the part of the Sinhalese and the Tamils, under the leadership of Sir James Peiris (Christian) and Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam (Hindu) to work for the reform of the Constitution of Sri Lanka.
www.southasianmedia.net /index_opinion4.cfm?id=78595   (2498 words)

  
 colombolions.com :: View topic - Kegalle Youths 3 Colombo Lions 3 (Pen Shoot-out 0:2 Lions!)
Kegalle Youth Club challenged the Mighty Lions to the Kegalle YC Challenge trophy with pomp and ceremony not seen since Charles married Di or since the last World Cup Final in Japan!
The bounce of the ball troubled all the players and Kegalle YC were soon in their stride.
Mucky slipped his man near the corner flag on the left and ran into the box but rather than do the easy thing and pass to either Mick or Colin in the box decided to take a shot which was comfortably taken by the keeper.
colombolions.com /board/archive/o_t__t_378__view_next__index.html   (569 words)

  
 Jayasinghege Wimalaratne Alias Wimale Mudalali and Others v. The Attorney‑General (Shyama Dedigama Case) [1997] ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
February 1984 at Kegalle that the accused conspired to commit robbery of jewellery and other property in the possession of Shyama Nandani Dedigama punishable under Section 113(b), read with Sections 102 and 380 of the Penal Code.
The watcher Heenbanda testified at the trial that the deceased Shyama Dedigama was a teacher at St. Mary's Convent Kegalle and it was customary for her to get up at about 4.30 or 5 a.m.
Mohamed Kaleel Proprietor of Hameed Stores, Kegalle giving evidence at the trial identified the bill book 'P18' as a bill book that belonged to his shop and stated that he handed it over to the officers of the Criminal Investigations Department during the course of their investigations.
www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/LKCA/1997/20.html   (9620 words)

  
 Kapugeekiyana v. Hettiarachchi and Two Others [1984] LKSC 14; (1984) 2 Sri L.R. 153 (22 Juin 1984)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
He is a suspect in a case of murder of one Shyama Dedigama of Kegalle.
Peiris advised her to make a complaint to the Kegalle Police as 48 hours had passed and he had not been produced before the Magistrate.
The Petitioner's diary was produced in court from the custody of the Respondents, at the request of Counsel for the Petitioner.
www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/LKSC/1984/14.html   (6388 words)

  
 LankaWeb News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The gigantic People's march organized by the Patriotic National Movement was joined by many thousands of enthusiastic people and the march was 35 kilometers (21 miles) long when it completed its second lap at 8.pm.
The march was joined by many more SLFP leaders of Sabaragamuwa Province through which the hundreds of thousand of protestors were marching yesterday from Mawanella to Warkapola, receiving cheers from thousands of people who flocked by the side of the Kandy Colombo road to witness the historic event.
People at Kegalle erected pandals and hoisted banners receiving the marchers and demanded the "unpatriotic" Ranil Wickremesinghe government should go, at a time when he had declared at the United Nations that Sri Lanka had become something like a satellite state of the United States.
www.lankaweb.com /news/items03/300903-1.html   (434 words)

  
 Elections
When the UNP supporters fled in one vehicle, the road was blocked and the vehicle was fired upon again.
Nihal Anura, Lasantha Dharmasena, Kadawattiye Neil, Imtiaz and Kegalle Ranjith were identified among the assailants.
The Jeep belonging to Imtiaz, the Land Cruiser of the Ranjith Bakery and the truck belonging to Inoka of Kegalle were also identified as having taken part in the incident.
members.tripod.com /unitednationalparty/elections.htm   (326 words)

  
 FACE 2 FACE With Wimal Alahakoon
Born in Kegalle, at a tender age of seven he lost his father from a motor accident and his whole world rested on his mother thereon.
Being the youngest son of a family of three, he studied at Kegalu Vidyala in Kegalle, subsequently at Stafford College, Colombo and finally graduated as a Civil Engineer from the Moratuwa University, Katubedda Campus.
I still remember the echo in my sister¹s voice when she came home from the boarding school that Œit¹s not Gamini Fonseka who will come to answer the questions in your exam paper, you should concentrate on studies and not the silver screen¹.
www.infolanka.com /org/diary/123.html   (3238 words)

  
 Sangam.org - Ilankai Tamil Sangam, USA, Inc. - Pirapaharan, Chapter 18
Tamils Lose Faith in Commissions
In that case, Ceylon Workers Congress Joint Secretary K. Nair filed a case against the Registering Officer for rejecting his claim to be registered as an elector.
District Judge of Kegalle N. Sivagnanasundaram ordered Nair’s name be restored in the electoral list, holding that the citizenship laws were ultra vires the constitution.
The 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice Jayatileke and Justices Pulle and Swan, in 1952 smashed the decision of the Kegalle District Court by holding that the citizenship acts were non-discriminatory since it applied equally to all communities.
www.sangam.org /articles/view/?id=66   (4712 words)

  
 Face2Face with Nuwan Bulathgama
He hails from a prominent 'guru' family in Kegalle, which has earned a reputation of being involved in Arts, Journalism, and drama.
Being the only son in the family, Nuwan has been blessed with all the hereditary talents, which had been latent for too long and only now they have started to unfold in London.
Apart from my ancestors, my parents Chandrasiri Bulathgama and Himali Bulathgama were Head Teachers in Kegalle and they were involved a great deal in Arts and journalism, and my uncle was associated with the Sri Lankan dramatics.
www.infolanka.com /org/diary/133.html   (1366 words)

  
 My Story...
As the President of regional youth club, Kegalle, I understood that youth volunteers need a good guidelines to manage the leaders of their district (since I couldn’t go around to each of the more than 400 youth clubs in the villages!) Hence, top management matters greatly…
Suddenly the Sabaragamuwa Province Council had founded the Kegalle district youth club for the development of youth skills and leadership!
I was selected for the NYF of SL from the Kegalle youth club — so let me just take this chance to thank all the youth members of Kegalle and National Youth Service Council (NYCS) officers.
www.angelfire.com /jazz/mahesh0/story.html   (835 words)

  
 SD Bank
During the year ended December 31, 2003 the Bank has expanded its business activities and opened a branch in the Colombo District.
The operational area of the bank now covers the districts of Ratnapura, Kegalle, Kalutara and Colombo with a network of 46 branches.
Applications are invited from Sri Lankans living/employed abroad to subscribe to foreign currency bonds issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka
www.sdbank.net   (134 words)

  
 TamilNet: JVP Kegalle office attacked, three injured
Janatha Vimukthi Peramunai (JVP), the marxist Sinhala national party's Kegalle office was attacked and three JVP members injured Saturday evening by a group alleged tobe belonging to United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA), said JVP sources.
Sunil Wickremasinghe, JVP's Kegalle candidate in the local council polls is presently being treated at the Kegalle Teaching hospital, added the sources.
Meanwhile, Deputy General Secretary to the United National Party (UNP), Atha Tissanayake, said the votes polled for his party and the seats captured, indicate that his party's position has improved.
www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=17649   (169 words)

  
 The Asia Foundation
Activities strengthen the capacity of national and district chambers of commerce to undertake effective policy advocacy based on the needs of small and medium enterprise owners (SMEs).
The Foundation supported a pilot survey of SME owners on the impediments to growth and investment in the city of Kegalle that will be the basis for dialogue between local businesses and local government to remove these impediments.
The Foundation will support similar surveys and policy advocacy in other regions of the country.
www.asiafoundation.com /Locations/srilanka.html   (1183 words)

  
 Sri Lanka — Brian's Page
Baby at the Pinnawela Elephant orphanage, Kegalle, Sri Lanka — September 13, 2004
Twenty elephants have been born since 1984 and the facility now boasts the greatest herd of captive elephants in the world.
Old bull at the Pinnawela Elephant orphanage, Kegalle, Sri Lanka — September 13, 2004
www.heybrian.com /travels/sri_lanka/index.shtml   (789 words)

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