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Blood donation

A blood donation programme will be held on April 25 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Manakkulama Visuddharama temple organised by the Lak Wanitha Organization, Madampe, Manakkulama.

Bak Maha Ulela

A Bak Maha Ulela organized by the Auditor Generals Department will be held at the Department head office complex under the patronage of Auditor General H A S Samaraweera on April 24 afternoon.

Rat fever victim dies

Batticaloa group corr

A person who had contracted Leptospirosis died at the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital on Sunday. The victim was identified as Amirthalingam Sudakaran (33) of Satturukondan, Batticaloa.

Workshop

A workshop on “Improvement on MIS in Sri Lanka towards e- government” conducted by Kporea International Cooperation Agency IT Consultant Wonok Park will be held at 9 am today at the SLIDA 'Sanskathani Hall'. Secretary P B Abeykoon, Additional Secretary Jinasiri Dadallage will also address the session organised by the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs.

South sees steep rise in Dengue

Bentota group corr

Nearly 3,495 dengue cases had been detected in the Southern Province in 2012 with seven deaths reported, Southern Province Chief Minister and Health Minister Shan Wijayalal de Silva said.

Speaking at the Southern Provincial Council meeting, he said 1,914 dengue patients had been diagnosed in 2011 while 3,495 cases were reported in 2012, an increase of 1,581 cases.

Sewing exhibition

WESCO Technologies Pvt Ltd will conduct an exhibition named Sewing Technologies- 2013 from today to April 25 at the Hilton Residencies in Colombo. Germany, Italy and China are due to participate.

The organizers will introduce latest sewing techniques to Sri Lankans at this exhibition. They claim that garment manufacturers in the country will greatly benefit.

Dhamma classes

The Colombo YMBA will commence Pali, Dhamma and Abhidhamma classes in English for new students on April 27 from 2 pm on the third floor of the association building at Borella.

Classes will be conducted by the same teachers parallel to Sinhala medium classes.

Rs 400 per month will be charged from a student while bhikkus and dasasil mathas can follow the course free of charge.

Buddhist discussion

The next Buddhist panel discussion of the Colombo YMBA will be held on April 28 at 10 am at its Borella building on Who is a Puttujjana. The panelists are ITN Deputy General Manager Rinze Randeniya and Buildings Department Former Designs Director Brindley Widanarathi with Rajah Kuruppu as the moderator.

Anniversary

The 125th death anniversary of Sheikh Abdulla Ibnu Umar Badheeb Al-Yemenee, a great sufi saint and scholar, will fall tomorrow.

Sheikh Badheeb Moulana was from Yemen. He had a wide circle of Mureedeens and Muhibbeens in Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka.

Detainee hangs himself inside cell

Priyadarshani Kahawala, Ingiriya central group cor

A suspect committed suicide by hanging himself with his belt inside the Ja-ela prison cell on Sunday.

Police officers on duty on seeing the detainee trying to hang himself, had immediately removed him from the prison cell and taken him to the Ja-ela hospital. The detainee died on the way to hospital. A spokesman for the the Police Media Spokesman's Office said a suspect arrested and detained at the Ja-ela police prison cell over a charge of attempting to unlawfully enter a house, had hanged himself.

The body is lying at the Ja-ela hospital, pending the post-mortem. Reports say the Police have launched an investigation into the incident.