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SPC schools closed tomorrow

All Provincial and National schools in the Southern Province will be closed tomorrow due to Southern Provincial Council election September 9, Education Ministry Secretary Nimal Bandara said.

Cigarettes to minors: Traders fined

A. Keerthisinghe Alawwa special correspondent

Warakapola Magistrate Prabha Kumari Dela imposed a fine of Rs.1,000 each on eight traders who sold cigarettes to minors in the Alawwa town.

The raids were conducted by Alawwa police and Kurunegala Excise Department officers.

Eligible for productivity award !

S. Joseph, a resident of Hawa Eliya in Nuwara Eliya had posted two newspapers, duly stamped, to an address in Kerawalapitiya in Wattala on August 1.

The mail had finally reached its destination after two months on October 1. Snail mail, indeed!

Death of former ANCL staffer

The death occurred on Tuesday of former ANCL staffer K.A. Nimal Piyasena of No 23/1 Polhengoda Road, Narahenpita. He was the father of Ravindra Piyasena of the ANCL Commercial Printing Department. Besides Ravindra he leaves his wife Malani and son Duminda. His remains are lying at Jayaratne Florists, Borella. Cremation takes place at the Borella cemetery on October 8.

Badur Mowlood

The recital of Badur Mowlood will be conducted by Al Haj Moulavi M.T. Hillurudeen (Falahi) and Al Haj Moulavi A.B.M. Mubarak (Falahi) on October 8 after Magrib Prayers and will continue until Isha Prayers at the Nawala Jummah Mosque.

Lankan antique collector loses valuables in India

A Sri Lankan native, now a citizen of the United Kingdom and an avid antique collector, lost his bag with 28 sovereigns of gold jewellery, US dollars 3,350 and two cellphones on his way back from an antique showroom in Royapettah in Chennai on Tuesday evening.

Thyagarajan, who had come to Chennai with his family a week ago, approached Royapettah police yesterday and lodged a complaint about the missing bag. Thyagarajan told police that after arriving in Chennai a week ago he was staying with his family in a hotel on Poonamallee High Road, in Kilpauk.

He had taken a taxi to visit an antique shop in Royapettah on Tuesday. After purchasing few antiques, he returned to the hotel and found his bag containing the valuables missing.

Thyagarajan told police that the bag contained cash, his wife’s jewels, and the cellphones. Police have picked up the cab driver, Sivakumar, for questioning. Sivakumar told police that he had not spotted an abandoned bag in the car. - The Times of India

Religious lecture

The program will commence on Sunday, October 11 with Rathibathul Jalaliya by Moulavi A.B.M. Mubarak (Falahi) and Y.M. Rafi. A religious lecture will also be conducted by Ashsheikh Dr. P.C. Pakkeer Jaufer Ph.D. at the Nawala Jummah Mosque.

Seminar

The Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI) in collaboration with the Institute of Management of Sri Lanka will conduct a public seminar on “Dawn of tourism in Sri Lanka” at Lecture Hall, 03, Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on Thursday, October 8 from 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.

Registration is free on a first come first serve basis. For further details contact 011 2691814 (ext. 259/254) or visit our website www.padanama.org.

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A free seminar on the internationally accepted City and Guilds Engineering Programs will be conducted by Skills International, the Implementation Partner of City and Guilds U.K. on October 11 at 10 a.m. at the auditorium of the Ratmalana Technical College. The special focus of this seminar will be the Diploma Programs in Motor Vehicle Engineering and Telecommunication Engineering.

Get-together

The 1998 A/L batch of Mahanama College, Colombo 3 will have a get-together at the Fingara Town and Country Club at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 10. For more details contact Niroshana Samarajeewa on 0777586580.

Fisherman drowns

Kapila SOMARATNE

A fisherman drowned while seven others escaped when their boat capsized in mid sea off Panadura Uyankelle on Tuesday. The fisherman who drowned was Justin Fonseka, 32.

Another fisherman was admitted to the Panadura base Hospital.

Felicitation ceremony

Justice and Law Reforms Ministry has arranged a felicitation ceremony to felicitate artists, public servants, poets, writers and reputed persons of the Upcountry areas.

The ceremony will be held at PMD Cultural Hall, Maskeliya on October 11 at 9.00 a.m.

Justice and Law Reforms Deputy Minister V. Puthirasigamoney will be the Chief Guest.

Life sentence for heroin peddler

Sandasen MARASINGHE

The Colombo High Court yesterday sentenced a person who was found guilty of possessing heroin to life imprisonment.

Colombo High Court Judge Lalith Jayasooriya convicted Sampath Senaratne for possessing 2.89 grams of heroin on December 29, 1999.

Senaratne was taken into custody at Maradana by Police led by Sub Inspector Rajakaruna attached to the Maradana Police.

Police had taken him into custody at Sangarajah Mawatha with packets containing a powder weighing eight grams. The Government Analyst's Department confirmed it contained 2.89 grams of heroin. The Court observed the case was proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Rat fever alert in Kalutara

Wadduwa Special Corr.

Twenty-three persons affected by rat fever (Leptospirosis) have been detected by the health authorities at Kalutara upto September.

The disease has spread in Hewaliyangala, Gamagoda, Seruvita, Maha Waskaduwa, and Kalamulla villages.