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Certificate presentation

The presentation of certificates to winners of the certificate course for Management Assistant Legal-2011 organized by the Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka in collaboration with Sri Lanka Law College and Equal Access to Justice Project of UNDP will be held today at 9 am at the BMICH.

Thala Mala Pipila at Mahanama

The Colombo Chapter of the Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya will stage Jayalath Manoratne’s award winning play Thala Mala Pipila on August 6 at 6.30 pm at Mahanama College Hall, Colombo 03.

The cast includes Manoratne, Lal Kularatne, Ratna Lalani, Sampath Tennakoone, Sarath Chandrasiri, Vasantha Vittachchi, Ajith Lokuge and Jagath Benaragama.

Selection exam for IJSO

The examination to select six students for the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) will be held at the Department of Physics, University of Colombo on August 13. Students who are in up to Grade 10 classes could apply for the selection examination if they are 15 years or younger on December 31, 2011. Applicants must register on or before August 5, 2011.

Contact Dr Mahesh Edirisinghe (Country Coordinator Sri Lanka and Member of the International Board, IJSO) on 0714406259 or email to [email protected] or mahesh @phys.cmb.ac.lk.

The IJSCO 2011 will be held in Durban, South Africa from December 1 to 10, 2011.

Blood donation to commemorate Anagarika Dharmapala

A blood donation will be held at Rainbow preschool in Bandaragama on July 31 from 9.00 a.m to 3.00 pm to commemorate Anagarika Dharmapla.

The blood donation campaign will be held to bestow merits on Marshal art expert P.L. Somadasa.

This blood donation is organized by Sujith Sugantha Perera and coordinated by Namali Ashoka Vithanage.

Pirates release oil tanker, crew including Lankan

Somali pirates released an oil tanker which was hijacked a week ago that had a Sri Lankan among the crew after a US $ 200,000 ransom was paid, a regional maritime official said.

Andrew Mwangura, Maritime Editor for Somalia Report said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) vessel, Jubba XX, which had 16 multi- national crew is headed to the port of Bosasso in Somalia.

Kandy Esala Perahera begins tomorrow

Asela Kuruluwansa and Nihal Jayawardena

The world renowned Kandy Esala perahera will commence tomorrow at the auspicious time of 7.07 am and the final night perahera will be on August 13 followed by the water-cutting ceremony at the Mahaweli river in Getambe on August 14.

The Kandy perahera festival will begin following the ‘Kap situwima’ of the four devalas tomorrow.

Hansard chief compiler retires

Chief Compiler of the Hansard of Parliament, Sirigala Rajapaksa will be retiring from service today.

He joined the public sector in 1971 and served in few institutions including the Plantation Ministry, Food Commissioner's Department, Valuation Department and Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry.

He joined the service of Parliament in 1983 and started his carrier as a Hansard Reporter in 1985. Sirigala Rajapaksa was appointed Assistant Hansard Compiler in 1998. Later he became Deputy Hansard Compiler in 2005. In 2007, he was appointed Chief Hansard Compiler of Parliament. He was the 21st Chief Hansard Compiler in the history of Sri Lanka's parliament.