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Pharmacist up to mischief

Ariyapala WANSATHILAKE- Kurunegala Central Special

Kurunegala Police arrested a pharmacist selling Tramado (intoxicant) tablets to schoolchildren on Thursday. The suspect had supplied these tablets to customers by taking orders over the telephone, Police said. The suspect was remanded.

YMCA World Challenge

World Alliance of YMCAs (WAY) which is the World Federation of National YMCA Movements has organised 'YMCA World Challenge' as part of a global celebration to tell the YMCA story to the world by mobilising five million people on one day.

All member YMCAs in Sri Lanka and worldwide will organise and conduct an event for people, especially children and youths, to shoot a basketball today.

Temporary basket ball rings will be installed and people invited to shoot a basketball with a wish such as 'Alleviate Poverty', 'Stop Child Abuse', 'Say No to smoking', 'Prevent HIV/AIDS', 'Care for Nature' and 'Stop Global Warming'.

This event is proposed to go into the Guinness Book of World Records as 'The highest number of people shooting a basket ball on one day'. Contact 011-2648961, 0115736726 or 0718118443 for details.

Industrial exhibition

The Kalutara District Divi Neguma Industrial Exhibition will be opened by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa at Tissa Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Kalutara today at 9 am. The exhibition which will continue until October 14 will have 42 exhibition and 30 trade stalls. Consumers will be able to purchase clothing, footwear, spices and various food items, said the Economic Development Ministry in a communique yesterday.

The exhibition stalls are organised by the IDB and the Divi Neguma beneficiaries in the district.

Mobile service for bus owners

A mobile service programme organized by the National Transport Commission to meet bus owners and resolve their problems will be held at the Sunhill Hotel, Unit View, Nuwara Eliya today at 9 am under the patronage of Private Transport Services Minister C B Ratnayake. NTC chairman Roshan Gunawardene and other NTC officials will also be present.

International Girl Child Day

A ceremony to mark International Girl Child Day will be held on October 16 9.00 am at Anuradhapura Dulyana Hotel, under the patronage of North Central Province Governor Karunaratne Divulgane.

Farmers' Light

Farmers' Light, a paper dealing with farmers' problems by the Lanka Agriculturists' Association in collaboration with the Ebert Stiftung Foundation and the Western German organization, with whom the Nuwara Eliya Agriculturists Association is affiliated, will be launched at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club Auditorium on October 14 at 10 am.

Christ King College' 70th anniversary

Christ King College, Tudella, Ja-Ela will celebrate its 70th anniversary next year. The school and the Past Students' Association will file a data on all past pupils including the clergy.

Details may be forwarded to Rev. Fr. Principal on 011-2233030 or to M. Gratian Peiris on 071-4297321 or by e-mail: [email protected] or the Ckc past students facebook.

Launch of anthology of poems

The reading and launch of poet Asoka Weerasinghe's an anthology of poems Once upon a time ... I returned will be held at the Punchi Theatre, 37, Cotta Road, Borella today at4pm.

Police arrest three with stock of diesel

Bandula GUNASEKERA and T.K. Ariyadasa - Malimbada Group Corr.

Weligama Police arrested three suspects with 16 plastic barrels of diesel in their possession at Hallala, Weligama on the Southern Highway on Wednesday.

Weligama Police said there were 20 litres of diesel in each barrel.

Man killed

Kapila Somaratne- Panadura Group Corr

A 35 year old person, named Palitha Pieris, has been murdered in his home at Pinwala, Panadura. Panadura Police arrested a suspect.

The suspect was remanded by Panadura Magistrate R S A Dissanayaka following the magisterial inquiry. Panadura Police are investigating.

Motorcycle stolen

Kapila Somaratna

A motorcycle valued at Rs 180,000.00 had been stolen. An insurance agent had complained to Panadura Police that he came to Panadura beach with some friends and stopped the motorcycle near a hotel opposite the beach.

Many chain thefts from Panadura beach have also been reported to Panadura Police.