Quick Look
Katina Pinkama
The annual Katina Pinkama of Ashokaramaya Maha Viharaya,
Thimbirigasyaya, will be held on November 9.
Bana will be held from November 6 to 7. All night Pirith on November
8 at 9.00 p.m. Katina Wasthra Pooja on November 9 at 6.00 p.m. Heel Dana
on November 9 at 7.00 a.m. and Katinanisansa Bana on November 9 at 7.00
p.m. Ven Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera will preach Bana at 7.00 p.m. today.
Bana by Ven. Rawanagoda Gnanarathana Thera will be held on November 9.
The Perahera with the Katina Wasthra will leave from 20, Skelton
Road, Colombo 5 and reach the temple via D.S.Fonseka Road, Jawatte Road,
Kassapa Road, De Fonseka Road and Havelock Road.
Sheik Hisham here
His Holiness Sheik Hisham Kabbani will be in Sri Lanka for nine days
from November 16. He is a well-known and established Islamic scholar
spreading traditional wisdoms and practices based on the Holy Koran and
Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammed and his true inheritors. He will be
staying at 24, 28th Lane, off Flower Road, Colombo 7.
Krishnamurti talk
A recorded public talk delivered by J. Krishnamurti on “The beginning
of meditation” will be replayed at Anula Nursery School hall, 310, High
Level Road, Colombo 6 at 9.45 a.m. on November 9.
The talk is organised by the Krishnamurti Centre Sri Lanka Inc.
Memorial oration
The S. R. Kottegoda memorial meeting oration will be delivered by Dr.
W. L. Sumathipala, Director Climate Change Division and the National
Ozone Unit on Ethical Aspects of Climate Change’ at 16.30 p.m. on
November 14 at the SLAAS Auditorium, 120/10, Vidya Mawatha, Wijerama
Mawatha, Colombo 7.
Golden anniversary
The Sri Lanka Housewives’ Association will celebrate its Golden
anniversary on November 8 from 7.00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Hotel.
Science - key to development
The SLAAS Science for youth Programme on ‘Science - key to
development’ will be held on November 13 and 14 from 8.00 a.m. to 1.30
p.m. at the SLAAS Auditorium, Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 7.
Anniversary
The 18th anniversary to mark the forcible eviction of Northern
Muslims will be held on November 9 at 2.30 p.m. at the Negombo Town
Hall. This is organised by People’s Secretariat.
Re-union
A re-union and get-together organised by the Royal College Class of
‘74 will be held on November 8 at 7.30 p.m. at the Regency Room, Mount
Lavinia Hotel.
AGM
The annual general meeting of Southlands College OPA (Colombo Branch)
will be held on November 15 from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. at Palm Lounge,
Galle Face Hotel, Colombo.
Prize-giving
The annual prize-giving of Colombo South International College,
Kalubowila will be held on November 7, at 4.00 p.m. at Bishops’ College
Auditorium, Colombo.
US military commends Forces' success
A top US military official Wednesday commended the Sri Lankan
military for its recent successes against the Tigers, whom Washington
has designated as a terrorist group.
"We are hopeful that the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)
would be a decreasingly important factor of much less reach than they
are and have been in the past," Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander of US
Pacific Joint Command, told foreign correspondents in New York. As head
of the US Pacific Command, with its headquarters in Hawaii, Keating is
responsible for the US military operation ranging from Australia and New
Zealand to China, Taiwan and Japan to India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan
Army chief Sarath Fonseka said early this week in Colombo that LTTE's
"80 percent" of the fighting capability has been eliminated. He also
claimed that troops were just seven kilometres away from the Kilaly
lagoon, which links Jaffna peninsula to the Wanni mainland. IANS
Injured Sri Lankans to sue Qantas
An elderly couple who say they were injured when a Qantas airlines
Airbus nose-dived dramatically mid-flight, hurling passengers around the
cabin, are to sue the airline, their lawyer said Thursday.
The Airbus A-330-300 suddenly plunged hundreds of meters during a
flight from Singapore to Perth on October 7 before making an emergency
landing in remote northern Australia.
Sam Samaratunga, 68, and his wife Rani, 62, who were heading to
Australia for their son's wedding when the terrifying incident struck,
will sue Qantas for compensation for their injuries and suffering, their
lawyer said. "We will ... be seeking substantial compensation from
Qantas as the Samaratungas will be impacted from the affects of this
incident for the rest of their lives," said lawyer Roger Singh. He said
the couple suffered "serious physical and psychological injuries" in the
incident that accident investigators have said was caused by a
malfunction in one of the plane's onboard computers that forced it into
a nosedive. Sydney, Thursday, AFP
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