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Galle Fort renovation : 85 percent complete

Richmond Wijesekera Bentota Group Correspondent

Eighty five percent of the renovation work on the ancient Galle Fort has already been completed, Galle Fort Works Manager Chinthana Tilak said.

Work commenced in 2007 with Dutch assistance, Tilak told the Daily News.

Netherlands provided Rs. 133 million for the renovation.

Costly sand

Bandula Gunasekara and T.K. Ariyadasa Malimbada group corr

Two persons found guilty of transporting sand without permit were fined Rs. 50,000 each by Matara Additional Magistrate Udesha Ranatunga.

The Magistrate also confiscated the sand transported by K.K. Saman and U.G. Sandun Kumara. Kananke police prosecuted.

Liquor shops closed

Suraj A. Bandara

All liquor shops in the island will be closed on April 8 and 9 due to the General Election. They will also be closed on April 13 and 14 for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Excise Commissioner (Revenue), L. K. G. Gunawardena said.

Seminar

A public seminar on My Vision for Economic Development will be held at the YMCA Forum Colombo today at 5.30 p.m. Invitees will be Science and Technology Minister Prof. Tissa Vitharana, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Ravi Karunanayake and Colombo District UPFA candidate Thilanga Sumathipala.

Clinical meeting on leprosy

The monthly clinical meeting of April on leprosy in clinical practice will be held on April 20 from 12.15 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. at the Lionel Memorial Auditorium, Colombo.

Senior Registrars in Dermatology, NHSL Dr. Deepani Munidasa, Dr. Felicia Saravanapavanathan, Consultant Dermatologist, NHSL Dr. Ganga Sirimanne and Consultant Dermatologist NHSL Dr. K. Satgurunathan will be present.

Buddhist talk

Prof Oliver Abeynayake will deliver a public Buddhist talk in English on The middle path in Buddhism at a meeting of the Servants of Buddha Society on Saturday at 4.30 p.m. at Maithree Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya. All are welcome.

Free health camps islandwide

Nadira Gunatilleke

Specialist doctors at the Colombo National Hospital took part in a special health camp at Debarawewa Maha Vidyalaya, Tissamaharama last Friday. First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa opened the camp attended by over 5,000 people.

All types of medical tests, drugs and consultation were available for the patients and pregnant women free at this camp held from morning to evening. The people who attended this camp were given free spectacles under the Vision 20/20 Program. Nutrition food provided to all pregnant women who attended the health camp. Free drugs were also distributed.