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Trader fined

Dambulla magistrate Nimal Ranaweera imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000 on a trader who was convicted for selling contaminated saffron powder.

A trader in Naula area was charged in this regard. Matale police led the evidence.

Criminal gang arrested

Rafik Jalaldeen

A group of criminals was arrested by the Negombo Crime Division yesterday at the Kirullu bridge in Negombo.

Police spokesman Senior DIG Nimal Mediwake said four gangsters who were carrying out robberies and other crimes in the Negombo area were arrested by the police. Money and other valuable items along with weapons, were recovered by the police.

”A number of crimes had been reported to the Negombo police including house breaking and snatching gold.

Negombo HQCI and the crime division rounded up the area and arrested the four suspects”, he added.

The suspects were outsiders and were carrying out various crimes in the Negombo area.

Help needed

One year and 10 months old H. Tharusha Malshan of 3/20 Service Lane, Ihala Indibedda, Moratuwa has undergone a liver transplant in India with donor funding as a remedy to a condition known as biliary atresia and a failed KASAI procedure which had earlier developed into cirrhosis of the liver.

Now he needs Rs. 25,000 monthly for follow up treatment including drugs and blood investigations. Tharusha’s father H. Asanka Priyadharshana says he is a carpenter by profession and unable to foot this bill due to his family’s financial plight.

He requests philanthropists and the public to assist his son’s cause by sending whatever financial contributions possible to ensure him continued medical treatment as prescribed by doctors. All contributions can be remitted to account number 8590019704 at the Commercial Bank, Moratuwa Branch.

Work on fly-over bridge expedited

Samantha Suraweera - Gampaha South Group Corr.

Construction work on the fly-over bridge near the Gampaha railway crossing has been expedited on the instructions of Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga.The Chief Minister after inspecting the work, instructed the authorities to complete it within a month.

Readers' clubs in NCP

Nimal Wijesinghe Anuradhapura Additional District group correspondent

The North Central Provincial Education Ministry has embarked on a program to establish Readers clubs in schools in the North Central Province with the objective of upgrading the quality of primary education sector.

Under this program, 56 selected schools were presented parcels of reading books containing 347 books in each package by North Central Chief Minister and Education Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake.

M.A. Bakeer Markar commemoration

The SLBC will broadcast commemorative talks in all three languages on late Speaker, Governor and Minister M.A. Bakeer Markar on September 10 to mark his 13th death anniversary.

The Sinhala talk on September 10 at 10.15 am will be by Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma, English at 6.30 pm on the English service by Sam Wijesinha and Tamil at 9.45 pm on the Tamil service by Prof. M.A.M. Shukri, former Senator Mashroor Mowlana will also deliver a special talk on the SLBC Muslim service at 7.05 pm on this day.

National symposium

The second National Symposium Food for the Nation Through Innovative Agriculture organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna will be held at the Faculty at Mapalana, Kamburupitiya, on September 10.

Prisoners’ Welfare Day

“The Sri Lanka Prisoners’ Welfare Day Celebrations 2009” organised by Prisoners’ Welfare Association in association with the Department of Prisons, the Mohan Lal Grero Foundation and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, will be held on September 12 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Independence Rd, Colombo 07 at 2.00 p.m.

‘Negotiating to success’

The Institute for the Development of Commercial Law and Practice (ICLP) will hold Seminar on the ‘Negotiation’ on September 10, from 9 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.

Peace walk

A peace walk organised by the Old Girls Association of Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda will be held on September 19th to raise funds for the proposed Indoor Stadium and the sports pavilion project.

The estimated expenditure for the project is Rs. 40 million.

Jumma prayers

Shiekh Adnan Kabbani conducts Jumma prayers on September 11 at Dewatagaha Mosque,Town Hall, Colombo 7. Sheikh Adnan is the Most Senior Deputy Leader to the world leader of the Most Distinguish Naqshbandi Tareeqa, Sulthan Al Awliya, Moulana Khawaja Sheikh, Nazim Adil Al Haqqani.

Public Lecture

Additional Solicitor General, Attorney General’s Department Palitha Fernando, P.C will give a Public Lecture on “Death Penalty: Pros and Cons” at 5 p.m. on September 10 at the Auditorium of SLAAS, 120/10, Vidya Mawatha (Off Wijerama Mawatha), Colombo 07.

Buddhist discussion

Raja Kuruppu and Asoka Mahinda Jayasinghe will lead a discussion in English on “To hang or not to hang - A Buddhist Perspective” at a meeting of the Servants of the Buddha Society on Saturday, September 12 at 4.30 p.m. at the Maitri Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya.

Correction and Clarification

He is Vanni commander

In our main picture caption on Page 1 yesterday regarding the TNA MPs calling on the President we have inadvertently referred to Major General Kamal Gunaratna as the Jaffna Commander.

In fact he is the Security Forces Commander, Vanni.

We regret the error.