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Drunk father attacks son

Matale district group corr.

A drunk father had stabbed his son injuring the son's head seriously. The victim was admitted to the Dambulla base hospital.

According to the police, the injured boy is residing in Walgamwewa area while his mother is abroad on employment. He is living with his grandmother with his sister.

Dambulla police are investigating.

Road needs repairing

M A Somasiri Nuwara Eliya district group

About six kilometres of the road in the Maskeliya area situated between Maskeliya D side junction and Gardmari which was repaired six months ago by the Road Development Authority, Central Province, is once again in a poor condition.

The public say that the authorities had not done a good job on the road that time.

Talk on wildlife

The Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo in association with the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) and Ruk Rakaganno will be organizing a lecture titled, Tigers in the wild, delivered by Valmik Thapar on January 9 at 6.30 pm at the BCIS auditorium, BMICH. Valmik Thapar is an Indian natural historian and a wild life documentary film maker.

He is the author of 14 books and several articles, and has produced a range of television programmes. Thapar is one of India's most famous wildlife experts and conservationists, having produced and narrated documentaries on India's natural habitat for the BBC and Animal Planet, Discovery and National Geographic channels.

His most recent book is The Last Tiger published by Oxford University Press.

 

WBBF to propagate Buddhist ethics

Priyanka Kurugala

The World Buddhist Business Forum (WBBF) will take action to propagate Buddhist ethics worldwide.

The World Buddhist Business Forum will also launch a programme to introduce teachings of the Buddha regarding business activities, All Ceylon Buddhist Congress President Jagath Sumathipala said.

The second session of the WBBF was held under the patronage of Taiwan Prime Minister Liu Chao-shiuan in Taipei in December last year. Around 250 delegates from 17 Buddhist countries participated. The World Buddhist Business Forum is an affiliated organization of the World Buddhist Forum.

The World Buddhist Business Forum was organized by the Lay Buddhist Association in Taiwan and Taiwan Buddhist Federation.

Projects to increase fish harvest

Ridma Dissanayake

Measures are in place to increase the fish harvest to 686,000 metric tons by next year and the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry will introduce a number of programmes this year to achieve that target, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne issuing a New Year message said.

In 2009 the local fish harvest was 339,730 metric tons and in 2010 it had increased to 384,670 metric tons. Last year the fish harvest was 395,870 metric tons. The ministry will increase North and East fish harvest by 43 percent and deep sea and shallow sea fish harvest will also be increased by 194 percent. Plans are also in place to double the inland fisheries harvest as well.