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Lankan mission in Eritrea

Chaminda PERERA

The Government will establish a permanent mission in Eritrea soon.

Sri Lanka established ties with Eritrea last year but we did not have a permanent mission.

Eritrea is a country that seceded from Ethiopia.

CEB leave cancelled

All leave has been cancelled for all categories of employees of the CEB from today (August 28) until further notice, Acting CEB Chairman K. Ranaweera said.

Meanwhile Power and Energy Minister has appealed to CEB employees not to be misled by politically motivated power hungry trade unions.

Public lecture

The Sri Lanka - India Pragathi Sansadaya (SLIPS) in collaboration with the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) organising a public lecture on 'Dynamics of Inter-Party Politics in Tamil Nadu' by N. Sathiya Moorthi, a Political Analyst from Chennai on Friday August 28 from 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. at the BCIS Auditorium.

The key note speaker N. Sathiya Moorthy is a renowned Journalist, writer, author and political analyst from Chennai. He is now associated with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), the multi-disciplinary Indian policy think-tank, headquartered in New Delhi. Based in Chennai, he has been a keen observer of the Indian politics, with particular reference to Tamil Nadu.

Sathiya Moorthy has been a student of the Sri Lankan scene, as part of his efforts to focus on India's southern neighbours. He has been a regular columnist of the Colombo newspapers, for the past few years.

Screening of Departure

Departure, an award winning Japanese film will be screened today at the Sinhala Sanskruthika Ayathanaya (Sudarshi hall) at 6.30 p.m. This film which was directed by the prominent Japanese film maker 'Yachiro Takhitha', won the award for best Foreign film at the Oscar film festival in 2008.

The screening of this film is a presentation under the recently launched film screening program, 'Friday cinema,' which is organized by Sinhala Cultural Institute. 'Friday Cinema' will screen world renowned films every Friday at the same venue.

Fund raiser sale

Clothes and other items including food will be available at a sale organised by St. Joseph's Convent, Kegalle - Colombo branch on Saturday, August 29 at St. Lawrence Church - Community Hall, Wellawatta from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds from this sale will to fund various projects in the convent.

Lecture on winning war

Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe will deliver a lecture on 'Winning the war to winning peace - post war rebuilding of the society' today, August 28 at 9.30 a.m. at the Taj Samudra Hotel.

Diyawanna annual walk

The second annual Walk of Diyawanna Walkers Club Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte will be held tomorrow (August 29) at 6.30 a.m. The Assembly point will be the premises of the National Football Training Center at Baddegana and will proceed along Baddegana road to Kotte road, Mahindarama road, Ferry Road to Sri Lanka Nippon Friendship road, Sri Sunethrarama Vihara Mawatha and back to the Football Training Center.

The themes of the walk are to educate the public of the necessity to keep the Environment Clean and free of pollution.

House for war hero's widow

The wife of Air Force Commander and President of the Air Force 'Seva Vanitha' Unit Nelun Gunatilake handed over a newly constructed house to Corporal Chaminda Lakmal Gunaratne's widow R.P. Indra Kumari.

She received the new house worth rupees one million.

Indra Kumari's child Ashen Lakmal aged two months was presented a fixed deposit for Rs. 10,000.

Trains for Basilica feast

Irangika Range

The Railways Department will operate special train services for the convenience of devotees attending the Annual Feast of the Basilica in Thewatta, Ragama.

Sri Lanka Railways' Commercial Superintendent Vijaya Samarasinghe said that the Railways Department has taken measures to operate extra trains from Maradana and Moratuwa to Ragama, Negombo to Ragama and Chilaw to Ragama from August 30, in addition to train services operating from Colombo Fort to Ragama daily.

He said the railway service will commence from Maradana at 7.51 am, 5.00 pm, 10.00 am, 12.50 pm and 7.05 pm to Ragama while a special trains will commence from Moratuwa at 11.00 am and 2.30 pm to Ragama. In addition, the train service will operate from Chilaw at 7.55 am while a train service will commence from Negombo at 1.40 pm to Ragama.

Mahavamsa extended up to Vanni Victory

An updated edition of Sarala Sinhala Mahavamsaya will be launched by Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka at the Prime Minister's Office on September 1. It will contain the entire history of Sri Lanka from the early beginning up to the complete eradication of the LTTE and unification of the whole of Sri Lanka under one banner.

This book has been written by Pandit Wijesiri Wettimuny, writer and scholar, who has written number of books critically analyzing various aspects of Mahavamsaya.

Original Mahavamsa containing 99 chapters has been rendered in to simple lucid Sinhala so that the average reader can understand. Also the book has been updated by including the recent events in Sri Lanka culminating in the victory of the Vanni operation.

Appointment

Rohana Wettasinghe former Associate Editor of Silumina and editor of Rasaduna has been appointed as the Media Consultant to the Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry.

Postponed

The 5 Star Explosion featuring Annesley, Indrani Mignonne, Sunil and Rajiv scheduled for August 28 at the BMICH at 7.30 p.m. has been rescheduled for October 5 due to unavoidable circumstances, Tickets purchased for August 28 would be valid for October 5.