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CP to promote milk production

Samanthi WEERASEKERA

The Central Provincial Animal Products and Livestock Department will launch a number of projects to uplift milk production in the province spending Rs 5.55 million.

Priority has been given to the Nuwara Eliya District by allocating Rs 2.90 million.

Allocations made for Kandy and Matale Districts are Rs 1.30 million each. Central Provincial Animal Products and Health Director Jayanthi Amunugama said these projects will benefit over 30,100 persons in the provinces and the milk production will be increased from 37 percent to 50 percent.

She said attracting youths for animal husbandry and creating self employment, establishing new farming fields, animal breeding, growing different varieties of grass are some objectives of the projects.

Teachers to benefit

Ariyapala WANSATHILAKE-Kurunegala Central special corr.

Teachers' quarters will be constructed in the Galgamuwa electorate.

The construction of teachers' quarters for Mahananneriya, Usgala Siyabalangamuwa, Giribawa and Rajanganaya has commenced on the instruction of Education Deputy Minister T B Ekanayake.

The Deputy Minister told the Daily News that this would be a solution teachers' residency problem.

Errant driver faces the music

A private bus driver who pleaded guilty to the charge of reckless driving causing the death of two school going sisters (eight and 12) was ordered to pay Rs. 250,000 as compensation and fined Rs. 5000 by provincial High Court Judge Kurunegala Manilal Waldyatilake recently. AW

Intellectual property piracy

Asela KURULUWANSA

Kandy Chief Magistrate Lalith Ekanayake Wednesday fined Rs 50,000 on a person who pleaded guilty to recording the Sinhala film Ekamath Eka Rataka into Compact Disks (CDs) and secretly selling them.

The accused is a resident of Kandy.

Police investigations revealed that the accused has been engaged in the business for a long time. Kandy Police chief inspector Kulasekera and sergeant Janaka Padmalal made the detection.

Rotary promotes literacy and peace

Rotarians from Colombo West and Malaysia belonging to the Federation of Malaysians of Sri Lankan Origin (FOMSO) visited Jaffna recently and provided software, computers and TVs for several schools.

FOMSO President Rotarian Dato Kulasegaran presented the computers and TVs and pledged their support to improve the educational standards of the children and to play a part in "Building Communities through Literacy".

Founder's Day launch of Velautham

The Founder's Day of Velautham Maha Vidyalayam of Point Pedro and launching of Velautham magazine will be held on August 7 at 5 p.m. at Tamil Sangam Wellawatta, Colombo. Velautham Maha Vidyalayam O.B.A Colombo Branch President S. Ehambaranathan will chair the meeting.

Professor Dr. S. Sivalingarasa of Jaffna University will deliver the Founder's Day oration.

Human Rights awareness program

The Centre for the Study of Human Rights of the University of Colombo will conduct a Human Rights Awareness Program for prison officers of Negombo Prison on August 7.

Lectures will be conducted by Resource Persons from the Colombo University Law Faculty and Arts Faculty. Fifty will participate in the program.

Public lecture

The next lecture on the Gospel of St. Mark will be delivered by Professor in Sacred Scripture Very Rev. Father Nilendra Gunasekere at the National Seminary, Ampitiya on August 9 at 6 p.m. at the Colombo YMCA Forum Hall.

AGM

The 126th Annual General Meeting of the Public Service Mutual Provident Association will be held at John de Silva Memorial Hall, Colombo 07 on August 7 presided by its President.

Shramadana

A Shramadana campaign to eradicate dengue will be held in Elakanda Junction in Hendala, Wattala from 9 a.m. on August 8.

Ekanayake appointed Director

Sri Lanka Petroleum Corporation Independent Workers' Association President and Jathika Saviya President Cordination unit Director Chetiya Ekanayake has been appointed as a Director of the Sri Lanka Petroleum Corporation and Ceylon Petroleum Morage Terminal Company.

Buddhist Talk

Dr Kosala de Silva will deliver a Buddhist Talk in English on "The Buddhist Perspective of Death", at a meeting of the Servants of the Buddha Society, Maitri Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya on August 7 at 4.30 p.m.

Neethi Kekulu

Neethi Kekulu 2010 concert organized by the Bar Association Social and Welfare Committee will be staged at the Elphinstone Theatre on August 7 at 5.30 p.m.