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Nalanda prize giving

The annual prize distribution of Nalanda College, Colombo will be held at the BMICH, Colombo on October 24 at 2pm. Kotelawela Defence University Vice Chancellor and old Nalandian Maj. Gen. Milinda Priyadharshana will be the Chief Guest.

A large number of students who excelled in subject related and extra curricular activities will receive prizes and awards at this ceremony, attended by Education Ministry and Defence University officials. Principal Ranjith Jayasundera will preside.

Musaeus prize giving

The annual prize giving of Musaeus College will be held on October 25 from 3.30 pm onwards at the Peter De Abrew Memorial Auditorium, under the patronage of Emeritus Professor JB Dissanayake.

Conference

National Freedom Front Leader and Construction, Engineering Service, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa will speak at a conference to be held at 8 am on October 23 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo. The National Freedom Front (NFF) has organized the conference.

Fundraiser for destitute children

A fundraiser in the form of a Sing - a – long organised by the Automobile Association of Ceylon for the Peter Weerasekera Children's Home at Dambuwa,Buthpitiya will be held On November 2 from 7 pm onwards at the BMICH, to coincide with All Souls Day.

The Peter Weerasekera Children's Home is an organization which has been providing homes for destitute orphaned girls for over 50 years.For more information, contact Anton Kandiah or Firoza on 011-2445074

National Fertilizer Week

Ishara Mudugamuwa

The government has declared a National Fertilizer Week from October 20-27.

The Agrarian Services and Wildlife Ministry in collaboration with National Fertilizer Secretariat and Agrarian Serices Departmet has taken measures to conduct number of programmes on fertilizer usage during the week, said Agrarian Commissioner M. A. S.Weerasighe. The Commissioner also said that various programmes related to fertilizer usage will be conducted at all Agrarian Services Centres.

According to that farmers will be able to aware about correct usage of fertilizer, value of using fertilizer and proper time periods of applying fertilizer. Under the Fertilizer Subsidy Programme, the government has provided the fertilizer subsidy for 15 cultivation seasons at the cost of Rs. 60 billion.

The organizers also hope to make farmers aware about the usage of organic fertilizer and encourage farmers to reduce chemical fertilizer usage.

Garbage tanks

Arachchikattuwa Group Corr

Chilaw UC Chairman Hillary Prasanna has taken steps to instal 10 garbage tanks at the Chilaw Beach park to prevent haphazard dumping of garbage in the park area.

Dies in accident

Amila Prabath Wanasinghe and Anuradhapura Central Special Corr

A 28 year old mother died and her husband and child were injured and admitted to the Anuradhapura Hospital when the motorcycle they were riding ran off the road and crashed on to a Margosa tree at Galpottegama on the Anuradhapura – Paragaswewa Road around 8.30 pm on October 21.

No agriculture teacher

H L Sunil Shantha - Kalutara Daily News Corr

Uggalboda MV, in the Kalutara Educational Zone has no Agriculture teacher and hundreds of students have been deprived of learning agriculture as a subject.

The only teacher who was in-charge of agriculture at this school retired seven years on retirement and no agriculture teacher was sent to this school by the authorities, parents told the Daily News recently. It is reported that there is a shortage of trained teachers for the primary section of this popular school as well.

Uggalboda MV, which comes under the administration of Kalutara Zonal Education office, has around 1,200 students from Grade 1 to Grade 13.

Environment friendly prison

Raja Waidyasekera

The Weerawila Open Air Prison will be converted to an environment friendly prison.

The Tourism Ministry will support the project to bring the prisoners closer to the environment and to agriculture.

local and foreign tourists will be allowed to observe proners cultivating vegetables.

Wall collapses on motorcyclist

Jaffna special corr

when a wall collapsed on him while riding. This happened at Jaffna Kankesanthurai road near Muddasukaddai junction.

The walls of shops in Kankesanthurai road are being removed for road expansion.

A wall in a shop had been demolished without proper precaution and it had fallen on the motor cyclist who was passing the place. He was pinned under the debris and believed to have died. But after ten minutes the people found him alive and rushed him to Jaffna hospital. The contractor who undertook the clearance work has fled from the place.

H’tota oil terminal work completed

Raja Waidyasekera

Construction work on the oil terminal in the Hambantota sea port premises has been completed.

It comprises 14 fuel storage tanks with a capacity of 10,000 cubic metres.

A 15 storied administrative complex is functioning and it consists of a laboratory. The cost of the project is US$ 76 million. Steps will be taken to provide fuel to the Mattala airport. A green belt with a 15 kilometre extent and 12 kilometres width will be set up around the sea port, Chief engineer Agil Hewa Geegana said.

Ferry service to ease transport

A ferry service between Kurikadduvan and Nainativu will be launched to ease the transport of people and goods between these two points. Girders for the construction of the ferry have been brought and preliminary construction work has commenced. Minister Douglas Devananda and Northern Province Governor GA Chrandrasiri with financial aid of the Economic Development Ministry will oversee the construction work.

Production know-how to popularise rice cream

Sampath Sanjeewa

The Institute of Post Harvest Technology will introduce rice cream preparation technology in an effort to promote local production.

Institute's Director Swarna Tillakaratne said at a meeting of the Anunradhapura District Agricultural Committee that Rice cream can be produced at a low cost and sold at Rs 4 each as a substitute to ice cream.

The institute is prepared to provide all support for those interested by providing instructions and production machines at a subsidized rate.

All participants at the meeting were given an opportunity to taste the Rice cream produced by the institute.

Anuradhapura GA Mahinda Seneviratne agreed to provide space at the kachcheri for the Institute to run a rice cream sales outlet.

Rescue operation to find buried child

A rescue operation was underway yesterday to find a two and half year old child, buried under an earth mound that collapsed on the child’s house in Alawala, Attanagalla.

The 30 year-old mother who was seriously injured in the incident was admitted to the Wathupitiwala hospital.

According to our provincial reporters, the mother was in a critical condition and quoting hospital sources they said that she was to be transferred to the Gampaha hospital.

A massive rescue operation led by Police was underway to locate the child.

Woman held for flouting Fauna and Flora Act

Dilip Nissanka, Balapitiya group correspondent

A woman resident in Ratnapura was arrested by the Wildlife Department flying squad for being possession of a set of reptiles, mammals and birds in contravention of the provisions of the Fauna and Flora Protection Act.

She was produced before Balapitiya magistrate Asanga Bodaragama and released on Rs 50,000 cash and Rs one million personal bail.