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Lecture on near death experience

A lecture on modern findings on near-death experience will be delivered by Consultant Cardiologist Dr Namal Wijesinghe at Dr N M Perera Centre, Cotta Road, Colombo 8 today at 4.15 pm.

The second edition of Journalist Thilak Senasinghe's Manaranjana Mitya Katha will also be launched to coincide the event.

The lecture is organized by the Rationalists Association of Sri Lanka and will be open to the public free.


Sagara Tharanga in SP

Navy's mega cultural show Sagara Tharanga presented by the Navy Band will be staged in the Southern Province from today.

Sagara Tharanga is a free show initiated on a concept of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. It is to be staged at the Naval premises, Julpallama, Tissamaharama today, Samanala Sports Grounds, Galle March 26, Kotugodalle Sports Grounds, Tangalle April 1 and Sanath Jayasuriya Sports Grounds,Matara April19.

The show, choreographed blended with eastern and western artistic traditions, will provide a unique aesthetic experience to the public.


Sri Lankan student wins Malvern Poster Prize

Thakshila Sachini Balasuriya, a Sri Lankan student, studying at the University of Melbourne, Australia has won the Malvern Instruments prize for the best student poster presented at the recent UK Colloids 2011 conference. She described in her work "Dynamic Forces between Bubbles with Switchable Peptide Surfactants".

Thakshila is a third year PhD student in the Dynamic Interracial Forces Group and her thesis work is focused on nanoscale interfactions forces in Biomolecular System in Soft Matter. Thakshila Sachini Balasuriya is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Balasuriya of Imbulgoda, Sri Lanka and past student of Musaeus College, Colombo and Choueifat College, Abudhabi, UAE.


Seminar on Dhamma education

A seminar on Dhamma education for Sunday School Dhamma Teachers in Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia and Ratmalana areas, will be conducted on March 24 from 9.00 a.m to 2.00 p.m by the Dehiwala Mount Lavinia YMBA.

The Venue will be the main hall of the "Bauddha Mandira" at the same premises. Certificates and gifts will be awarded to the teachers-participant. Lunch and refreshments will also be provided.


Gruesome murder of bhikkhus condemned

Kotte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Chief Organizer and former Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has condemned the gruesome murder of the two Bhikkhus, Ven Pitigala Dinasiri Thera and Ven Boralesgamuwe Gunaratana Thera of the Kotte Rajamahaviharaya by an assailant as a heinous crime committed by a person with a brutal mentality which will never be condoned by civilized people.

In a condolence message issued yesterday Bogollagama has expressed his deepest sympathies to the next of kin of the two bhikkhus and their colleagues at the temple and said the Kotte Raja Mahaviharaya is a temple with a long history which has rendered a great Sasana service to Kotte in particular and the country in general.


Watery grave for two women

Two women were drowned while bathing in an abandoned clay pit in Yogiyana, Walwaka in Dankotuwa yesterday.

The victims , a 60 year woman and a relative of hers aged 27 had gone swimming as the pit has been a regular bathing tank for the villagers.

The water level was deeper than usual as a group of persons had engaged in illegal sand mining at the pit the previous day which had deepened the pit. Dankotuwa Police are investigating.


YWCA fund raiser

"The YWCA of Sri Lanka at No. 7, Rotunda Gardens, Colombo 3, will conduct a Fund Raising Effort in the form of a Sale on March 29. All are welcome. The proceeds will be utilized to empower women and girls.


Special prayers

The Women’s Bureau of Moors Islamic Cultural Home has organized special prayers, Dua Majlis to invoke blessings on the country today at 3.30 pm at No. 7, Lilly Avenue, Colombo 6. All members are requested to be present.

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