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Ayurvedic Physicians receive appointments

Nimal Wijesinghe

Anuradhapura additional district group correspondent

Two hundred and seventy six graduate ayurvedic physicians will receive their appointment letters from the Prime Minister Rtnasiri Wickremanayake at “Temple Trees” today.

These graduates are being absorbed in to the indigenous Medicine Ministry under the concept of Hela Wedha Punarudha (Reviving of Indigenous Medicine) of Indegeneous Medicine Minister Tissa Karalliyedde.

Minister Karalliyedde told Daily News that since all existing vacancies in Government Ayurvedic Hospitals and central dispensaries have been filled the new recruits will be detailed to serve in the islandwide ayurvedic community health promotion services as barefoot doctors.

He said that presently there are 49 ayurvedic hospitals, 159 central ayurvedic dispensaries and 230 free ayurvedic rural dispensaries islandwide.

Six Lankan fishermen arrested

Six Sri Lankan fishermen caught poaching in Indian waters were arrested Monday by the Coast Guard and remanded to judicial custody, official sources said.Their mechanised boat was seized. The men were from Trincomalee in Sri Lanka’s east. “Preliminary interrogation reveals that they had no links to terrorist activity and were merely fishing in our waters,” R. Sabaratnam, a police official who took the suspects to prison, told IANS.

Rs. 1.5 b to develop Kithul industry

The Kithul industry used to be a home industry of our villagers of the past. Their needs of sugar and making festive related sweets, were done using Kithul pani. Besides this theliya - or ‘soft liquor’ and also toddy used to be an indigenous medicine. Therefore we want to have this industry resuscitate, says the PC Councillor of the (CP) Sanjeewa Kaviratne.

He said he has taken steps to form related. Kithul industrial association a Rs. 1.5 billion has been obtained from the Central Province Industrial Ministry to develop this industry.

Scarcity of beef

There is big scarcity of beef in the Kandy city area which has sent the price of a kilogramme of beef to anything between Rs. 380 to Rs. 400.

Consumers say that the butchers also include bones to about 200 to 250 grammes for this too they will have to pay the price of beef.

Buddhist talk

Dr. Basil de Silva will deliver a public Buddhist talk in English on "Psychology Behind Meditation" at a meeting of the Servants of the Buddha Society on Saturday, September 27 at 4.30 p.m. at the Maitri Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya.

Stage play

The English Literary Association of Devi Balika Vidyalaya will stage the "Theatrical Extravaganza, Ella Disenchanted" on September 29 at the Bishop's College Auditorium. The play is directed by the veteran artist Gamini Haththotuwegama.

AGM

The 79th Annual General Meeting of the Old Boys' Union of Holy Cross College, Kalutara will be held on Sunday, September 28 at the Crooss Memorial Hall at the College, under the patronage of Rev. Brother Ranjit Perera, Brother Director.

Conference

The Sri Lanka Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (SLARCIK) has joined hands with Institute of Biology (IOB) and Media Resource Service of the SLAAS in organising a one day conference on 'Grassroot Innovations for National Development on September 25 from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the SLAAS Auditorium, 120/10 Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07.