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Parents of University students call on President

Seek release of students
Several parents of University students who are remanded after forcibly entering the Higher Education Ministry premises and causing unrest at the Peradeniya University called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa last evening.Higher Education Minister SB Dissanayake, Central Province Governor Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Namal Rajapasa MP were also present. Picture by Chandana Perera

Digana Ela renovation gets Rs 3 m

The Economic Development Ministry has allocated Rs 3 million for the renovation of Digana Ela in Mirigama on the initiative of Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

This has benefited farmers cultivating 200 acres of paddy land in Mirigama, Muguragampola, Wilwatta and Hakuru Kumbura areas, enabling them to pursue their vocations during both seasons.

Off to Spain

Government Printer Lakshman Goonewardene left the Island to attend the International Security Printers Conference organized by the INTERGRAP (International confederation for printing and allied industries) scheduled to be held in Barcelona, Spain from October 13 to 15, 2010.

Goonewardene attends the conference as a Guest Speaker to present a technical paper on Stamp Printing in Sri Lanka. As the head of the Sri Lanka’s only establishment in printing stamps.

Goonewardene will make an invaluable contribution to the very prestigious Security Printers conference which is being held in Barcelona, Spain.

Grenades thrown at councillor’s house

Two hand grenades were thrown into the garden adjoining the residence of UPFA North Central Provincial Councillor Sarath Ilangasinghe yesterday morning.

One grenade exploded while the other was disposed by the Army Bomb Disposal Squad. Police Spokesman SP Prishantha Jayakody told the Daily News that no one was injured.

SP Jayakody said windows of the house were damaged in the blast. The Provincial Councillor was not at home at the time of the incident. No suspects have been arrested.

AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Bishops’ College Past Pupils’ Association will be held at 10.30 am, on November 6 at the Bishop’s College Auditorium.

Blood doantion

A blood donation to mark the 124th Founder’s Day of Ananda College, Colombo will be held on October 30 from 8 am to 2 pm at the College premises. This blood donation is organized by Old Anandians 70-75 Group for the 14th successive year. The organizers say that each blood donor will be entitled to a Rs 50,000 insurance scheme each.

Teacher felicitation

Two teachers P B Ratnayake and his wife Mrs Ratnayake who have rendered great service to the children education will be felicitated at the Balangoda Literary Festival organized by the Balangoda UC Public Library Advisory Committee to be held at the Balangoda Vidyaloka Maha Vidyalaya, Balangoda today.

C W W Kannangara memorial ceremony

The 21st memorial ceremony of the father of Free Education C W W Kannangara organised by the Department of Research and Development of the National Institute of Education will be held on October 20 at 3 pm at the main auditorium of NIE, Maharagama. Education Minister Bandula Gunawardana will be chief guest .

The keynote lecture will be delivered by the Chairman, University Grants Commission Prof. Gamini Samaranayake.

Language Day 2010

The Language Day of Royal College (Middle School) will be held on October 19 from 3.00 pm onwards at the Navarangahala.

The Language Day 2010 is being organized with the objective of providing an opportunity for the students to display their abilities to use various languages in communicating with the world. The students who are pursuing studies in Sinhala, Tamil and English mediums will portray their talents in Japanese, Chinese and German by singing, dancing etc.

Building Project

St Thomas’ College, Kotte Past Students’ Association laid the foundation stone for the Main Hall on September 30.

Please send in your donations to PSA Account Number 111 700 5375, Commercial Bank Pita Kotte.

Special Sai Bhajan

A special Bhajan program will be held at the Sathya Sai Mandhir Barnes Place, Colombo 7 on Wednesday, October 20 at 6 pm, followed by a TV presentation of Bro Isaac Tigrette’s to mark the declaration of Divinity of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba which falls on October 20 every year.

SLBFE contests

The Uva and Sabaragamuwa Provincial competitions of the music, art, oratorical and essay contests conducted by the SLBFE for the benefit of children of parents employed abroad were held on October 9 and 10.

Achieving millennium development goal:

The number of recipients of poverty alleviation relief has decreased due to the improvement in income levels.

The United Nations says Sri Lanka has achieved a substantial progress in poverty reduction, an item in the Millennium Development Goals. Sri Lanka’s poverty level has been reduced to 15.2 percent, it says.

The rapid growth of Sri Lanka’s economy since the war, has given many people an unprecedented sense of optimism about the future. There is a thriving economic progress in the country reaping the peace dividends. Business is booming, the stock market is soaring, and tourism earnings are on the rise, the report added.

Samurdhi Director General Bandula Thilakasiri said there were 1.9 million Samurdhi recipients in 2005. The number has declined to 1.5 million, he said.

These facts were revealed when the Samurdhi Authority celebrated the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty recently.