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Elephant kills elderly man

Yasaratne GAMAGE

An elderly man died as a result of an attack by an elephant at Milagaswewa on Sunday morning.

The man was on his way to a paddy field when he was set upon.

The victim was identified as A H M Mudiyanse, 65.

RASSL lecture

The Royal Asiatic Society Sri Lanka (RASSL) will hold a lecture on Cultural Transmission in Primates: An Overview of 60 Years of Research by Michael A Huffman, Associate Professor in Primatology at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University in Japan at 5 pm today at the Gamini Dissanayake Auditorium, No. 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7. All are welcome.

Michael A Huffmanreceived his MSc and DSc in Zoology from the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University. Over the last 35 years, Huffman has been conducting observational research on the Japanese macaque and other macaque species in Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

National Fisheries Summit

Ridma Dissanayake

The first National Fisheries Summit of the National Fisheries Federation, the country's largest fisheries organization, will be held today at the Temple Trees under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The National Fisheries Federation was established according a concept of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

Around 110,000 fishermen have obtained the membership of the federation which has branches in 26 districts. One thousand one hundred and eighty seven village level fisheries organizations have been established through the federation.