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Prime Minister D M Jayaratne participated in a religious
ceremony at Sri Sudharmarama Temple in Etambagaskada,
Vavuniya recently. Sri Sudharmarama temple had been affected
due to many terrorist activities in the past 30 years. Here
Prime Minister D M Jayaratne presenting a donation for the
development programmes in the temple. Chief Incumbent of the
North and Eastern Provinces Ven Siyambalagaswewa Wimalasara
Thera and Ven Ellawala Medhananda Thera also participated. |
Water supply scheme
Jaffna Special Corr
Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will be in
Jaffna on July 9. He will lay the foundation for the office of Iranamadu
water supply scheme in Jaffna.
He will inaugurate the pipe-borne drinking water supply scheme at
Navaly and Sarasalai.
Cadeting to be reintroduced
M I M Azhar - Maligaikadu Group Corr
The cadeting will be reintroduced to the Kalmunai Zahira College in
Kalmunai Zonal Education area.
The students were not able to undergo cadet training for the past two
years as a co-ordinating officer has not been appointed by the Sri Lanka
Cadets Corps.
The training was a popular extra-curricular activity at the school.
College principal M M Ismail said cadeting is vital for personality
development of students.
Annual flag hoisting at K’gama mosque
M. Nelson Piyaratne, Kataragama Group Corr
The annual flag hoisting ceremony of the Kataragama mosque parallel
to the annual Kataragama Esala festival took place at the Kataragama
mosque on Friday under Uva Chief Minister Sashindra Rajapaksa’s
patronage.
Kirivehera Raja Maha Viharadhipathi and Uva Wellassa University
Chancellor Ven. Dr. Aluthwewe Soratha Thera, Kataragama Sri
Abhinavaramadhipathi and Chief Adhikarana Sanganayaka of Ruhunu Magam
Pattuwa Ven. Shastrapathi Kapugama Saranatissa Thera, trustee of the
mosque Alhaj M.H.A. Gaffar, and Moneragala district secretary UKS
Mihindukulasuriya were among the participants. The guests were conducted
to the mosque with Muslim rituals. The chief minister said that this is
the sixth time he was participating in this Islamic religious programme
as Kataragama Basnayake Nilame.
He said he was happy to participate in this ceremony as a Buddhist,
as it promotes peace and harmony among all communities. The chief
minister said this is a message that they can give the world at a
juncture where some Western powers are trying to discriminate Sri Lanka.
Ven. Dr. Soratha Thera, Ven. Kapugama Saranatissa Thera, Alhaj Gaffar
and Mihindukulasuriya also spoke.
Leopards on the prowl
P. Rajaratnam in Nuwara Eliya
Leopards are on the prowl in the Piduruthalagala and the Bopathalawa,
Ambewela and Bogawanthalawa forest ranges.
Recently a huge leopard was trapped in the Piduruthalagala forest
range area. The estate workers and the women pluckers in these areas are
being in fear due to this.
PS chairman’s vehicle shot at
Lunugamvehera group corr
Some unidentified persons are alleged to have opened fire at the
vehicle of Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha chairman Sampath Vidanapathirana
while passing Rotte road, Witharandeniya around 2.30 am yesterday,
according to a complaint lodged at the Beliatte police station.
Vidanapathirana who was travelling in the vehicle is reported to be
unhurt.
Beliatte police are investigating. |
