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Indian Navy Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne yesterday.

Indian Navy Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma with Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

Former child combatants who were deprived of their basic rights including free education by the LTTE were given a new lease of life by Sarvodaya with the help of UNICEF yesterday. A new batch of 58 former child soldiers who underwent training received certificates from Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa at the Sarvodaya Batticaloa Centre. These former child combatants underwent a comprehensive rehabilitation program which included vocational training, familiarization tour, meditation programs. Resettlement Deputy Minister Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan and Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan were also present. Picture by Chaminda Hiththatiya

Golden Jubilee inauguration

The Installation of the 50th President (Golden Jubilee inauguration) of the Rotary Club of Colombo West, Rtn Pradeep Amirthanayagam will take place on Saturday, July 3 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel with Deputy Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama as Chief Guest.

Carey walk, fair

The Old Boys’ Union of Carey College has organized a Carey walk and fair on Saturday, July 3 to collect funds for the construct of a basket ball court.

The walk will commence at the College premises and proceed towards Ward Place, Town Hall Junction and Liption Circus.

The fair will be held at the college premises on the same day.

OUSL 30th anniversary

The Open University of Sri Lanka will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an exhibition to be held at the OUSL Polgolla Centre, Kandy on July 1, 2.

Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake, Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, OUSL Vice Chancellor Vidanapathirana, Deans of all faculties, Heads of the Departments will attend.

Librarians’ AGM on June 30

The 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Sri Lanka Library Association (SLFI) will be held on June 30 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena will be the chief guest and the keynote speaker librarians Prof. W.B. Dorakumbura and Mani Silva will be the guests of honour at the opening ceremony which will be followed by a session of professional presentations.

S/C Library and golden jubilee

Electoral register updating goes on

Shirley Wijesinghe

The updating of electoral registers of voters had commenced from June 1 and it will be in progress up to mid August this year, Elections Additional Commissioner W.P. Sumanasiri told the Daily News yesterday.

Sumanasiri appealed to the public to be aware about receiving their registration forms and inquire about it in case of not receiving them from the Grama Niladaris of the area, in case they have not yet received them.

According to public complaints, certain households in electorates such as Kotte and Negombo have not yet received registration forms for updating.