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India through Sri Lankan Eyes

A photographic exhibition titled "India Through Sri Lankan Eyes" will be held at the J.D.A. Perera Gallery, No. 46, Horton Place, Colombo - 7 from August 10-12.

This will also mark the forthcoming exposition of Sacred Kapilavasthu Relies in Sri Lanka Tue exhibition has been jointly organized in partnership with the Photographic Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL), Colombo.

"India through Sri Lankan Eyes", exhibition is curated by Immediate Past President of the Photographic Society of Sri Lanka Mithra Weerakone.

Annual Golden Chariot festival

The annual Golden Chariot festival of the Arulmihu Sivasubramaniya Swamy Kovil, Colombo 02, will be held on August 11.

The main Golden Chariot procession will commence at 6.30 a.m, said Chairman Board of the Trustees of Arulmihu Sivasubramaniya Kovil Thiru Nadesan in a release.

Public talk

Samudra de Soyza will deliver a public talk in English on 'Suitability for Admonition' at the meeting of the Servants of the Buddha Society on August 11 at 4.30 om at the Maithree Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya.

Lecture

Dr D S A Wijesundara, the Director General of the Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya will give a lecture on the history of the botanical gardens in Sri Lanka and speak on the many floral species including the rare species found only in Sri Lanka.

The illustrated lecture under the auspicious of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society, will be held on Thursday the 16th August 2012 at 6.00 pm. The venue will be the institution of Engineers (Wimalasurendra Auditorium) No. 120/15, Vidya Mawatha, off Wijerama Mawatha, (BMICH end) Colombo 07. The lecture is open to the public and entrance is free.

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Public lecture

The Royal Asiatic Society will hold a public lecture on "The Buddhist influence on Samuel Beckett, James Joyce and other English writers" by Adjunct Professor at Stevenson University, USA, formerly Harvard University's Divinity School Prof. Stuart Cooning.

The lecture will be held on at the Mahaveli Centre, 96 Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo on August 14, at 5 p. m.

Over 20,000 CAA raids in seven months

The Consumer Affairs Authority conducted 20,070 raids on errant traders during the first seven months of this year and raked in Rs 60 million as fines to state coffers after legal action against them for various malpractices which flouted the Consumer Protection Act said Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando.

The minister in a press release said the number of raids conducted district wise were Colombo 2529, Kandy 2170, Gampaha 1757, Kurunegala 1,382, Matale 1,234 and Puttalam 1,002.

Malpractices committed by errant traders including over pricing goods, failure to issue warranty cards, failure to indicate the prices of goods advertised in newspapers, hoarding and sale of outdated goods.

Arsonists on the loose in Matale

A A L Dias - Matale district group corr

Over 1,000 acres of forest reservation in the Matale district, have been burnt by unknown persons, during the current dry season, Forest Conservation Officials said.

About 50 acres of the Godaulpotha forest reservation of the Hibiliyakada area in Laggala were set on fire and destroyed recently.

The officials said such incidents have increased in the district, because of poachers and illegal timber fellers.

Canal facing pollution

M I M Azhar - Maligaikadu group correspondent

The Karaivahu canal crossing the Sainthamaruthu Divisional Secretariat area in Kalmunai is facing environmental pollution, causing difficulties to thousands of families in the area.

According to the public, some dwellers along the channel bunds have diverted the waste of toilets and other places. Parts of animal carcasses from abattoirs are also directed to the canal.

World Aborigines Day

World Aborigines Day will be celebrated in Dambana, Mahiyanganaya today.

Cultural Affairs and Arts Minister T B Ekanayaka will be the chief guest.

Uva Governor C Nanda Mathew, Chief Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksha and National Heritage Minister Jagath Balasuriya will also participate.

Mahiyanganaya Esala Festival

The first ceremony of the annual Esala perahera of Mahiyanganaya will be held on August 17.

The procession will traverse through the roads in the temple premises daily until August 27. The main perahera days will be held from August 27 to 31.

The peraheras will traverse through the streets of the Pujaa Nagaraya and the Mahiyanganaya town from August 27 to 31.

The Mahiyanganaya Esala festival will end with the water cutting ceremony on September 1.

Seenigama kovil festival

The 45th annual festival of the sea kovil of Seenigama, Hikkaduwa will begin today at 1.30 pm. The festival will end on August 14.

Medical Crossword draw and seminar

Medical crossword draw No. 53 will be held tomorrow, as part of a seminar on health with a free eye and ear examination and clinic for participants.

This crossword draw and the programme organized by the Crossword sponsors, the WISH Institute, will be held at the WISH auditorium at No. 436, Delkanda, Nugegoda from 10 am.

Trishaw driver held for attacking bhikkus

Bandula Gunasekara and - T K Ariyadasa, Malimbada group corr

A three-wheeler driver who allegedly assaulted two samanera bhikkus of a temple at Paraduwa, Akuressa was taken into custody at Palatuwa by Matara Police. The two samanera bhikkus were assaulted while on their way to back to temple in another three wheeler, after paying homage to the Sri Vishnu Devalaya Devinuwara, Police said. Suspect was produced before magistrate’s court, matara.

PC dies in accident

Mahaweli systems corr

A Police constable who was on his way home on a motorcycle collided with a lorry. The injured was rushed to hospital where he died. R A Gayan Takshila Ranaweera attached to the VIP Security Unit of the Police Department met with an accident at Thennekumbura on the Kandy-Thalaathuoya Road.