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Buddhist talk

Ven. Prof. Dhammavihari Thera will deliver a public Buddhist talk in English on "Pancha Sila in the Life of the Humans" at a meeting of the Servants of the Buddha Society on Saturday September 13 at 4.30 p.m. at the Maitri Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya.

Public lecture

Prof. A Pathmeswaram, Department of Community Medicine, University of Kelaniya will give a public lecture on "Social and Ecological Factors of Community and Family Medicine' at 5 p.m. on Thursday September 11 at the SLAAS, Auditorium 120/10, Vidya Mawatha (Off Wijerama Mawatha), Colombo 07.

21st annual session

The 21st annual session of the organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) will be held at the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, 78, Galle Road, Colombo 3 on October 11. The Technical sessions will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the evening function will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The theme of this year's conference is "Eradication of poverty and hunger".

National prisoners' Welfare Day

"The Sri Lanka Prisoners' Welfare Day Celebrations 2008" organised by the Prisoners' Welfare Association in association with the Department of Prisons, the Mohan Lal Grero Foundation and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute will be held on September 12 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Independence Road, Colombo, 07 at 2 p.m.

Ven. Prof. Dhammavihari Nayaka Thera and Retired Justice Hector S. Yapa will be the distinguished guests at this programme.

 Annual Sessions

The Sri Lanka Economic Association will be holding its Annual Sessions on September 19 and 20. The Sessional Theme will be Inflation, Competitiveness and Growth. The inauguration of the sessions will he held on September 19 and the Technical Sessions on September 20. Prof. C. P. Chandrasekhar, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jwaharlal Nehru University. New Delhi, will deliver the Keynote address.