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Factory closure puts employees in trouble

Bandula Gunasekara and T K Ariyadasa Malimbada group corr

A garment factory at Kongala, Hakmana, was closed with out notice by the management. The factory was in operation for two years.

Nearly 270 employees of the factory were inconvenienced with the closure of the factory.

Bridge needs repairs

Bandula Gunasekara and T K Ariyadasa- Malimbada group corr

The bridge over Nilwala Ganga at Dummalewatta adjacent to the Morawaka town is in a state of disrepair. Iron beams fixed in the bridge have decayed and side railings have also been broken.

Boy drowns in well

Amila Prabath Wanasinghe

A 13 year old drowned after falling into a well in Bogahayaya, Mihintale on May 14 evening. Police said the boy had fallen to the well when he came for a bath with the elder brother around 7 pm. When the elder brother raised an alarm, neighbours had rushed to the scene and rescued the boy and rushed him to Mihintale hospital where he was pronounced dead. The deceased was identified as P B Adheepa Ranjaka, a student of Mihintale MV.

Awards ceremony

The Wayamba Province inter-school software competition awards ceremony 2013 will be held at the Provincial Council Auditorium on May 17 at 9 am. Chief Minister Athula Wijesinghe will be the Chief Guest.

Cremation

Nittambuwa Vidyananda Piriven Viharadhipathi Sri Lanka Ramanya Nikaya Mahopadhya Ven Dhammasiri Nayaka Thera expired on May 14 will be cremated on May 18 at 3 pm at the Nittambuwa sports grounds.

Material for dhamma schools

Milton Dharmasinghe- Bulathsinhala spl correspondent

Bulathsinhala Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Thusitha Kularatne has taken steps to distribute school furniture among 52 religious schools in the area.

They are given to Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Catholic religious studies schools.

The PS provides Rs 2.5 million for this project. Chairman Kularatne told the Daily News that these school furniture will be distributed before the end of this month.