All Sri Lankans would have electricity by the end of 2012, assured Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka.

The Irrigation and Water Resource Management Ministry has ordered the removal of six factories along the banks of the Dandugam Oya in Ja-Ela.

About 536 tuberculosis patients had been detected in the Kurunegala District during 2009, Dr. Saman Kularathne of the Chest Clinic in Kurunegala told the media at the North Western Province Health Ministry.

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Minister of Disaster Management A. H. M. Fowzie has granted a sum of Rs.

Tourism is gaining at a rapid pace and the recent past has seen some positive indicators for the boost which Sri Lanka hopes to achieve by 2016.

In order to showcase another beautiful Sri Lankan spot, as well as increase room capacity, it is necessary to expedite the development of the Kalpitiya Integrated Tourism Resort Project (KITRP) at the Dutch Bay Islands, an official said.

More than 600 persons in the Gampaha district have been affected by the inter monsoonal rains, which caused the Attanagalu Oya to spill over.

The Disaster Management Centre has launched relief measures to assist 635 persons belonging to 132 families in the villages of Alawala, Thihariya and Kahata Ovita in the Attanagalla Divisional Secretary

Economic development in post war Sri Lanka is seriously hampered by the absence of a safe and efficient transport system in the capital city and also in the rest of the country. Any talk of development without addressing this issue cannot be serious.

The public transport system in Colombo is in a dire state.

The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ministry will embark on constructing massive infrastructure development projects in the Southern province.

As an initial project the Fisheries harbour in Devinuwara, Matara, will be developed with required facilities and the entire project will cost Rs. 250 million, the Ministry said.

Statistics of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital show that 1,777 dengue patients had taken treatment from the hospital in 2009.

Of this number 20 had died. Kurunegala Teaching Hospital Assistant Director Dr. A. Priyadarshana told The Island that 144 awareness programmes had been planned for schools and other local government institutions in the Kurunegala District in 2010.

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