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Pahan Pooja

A Pahan Pooja will be held tonight opposite the Lake House building with the participation of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited employees to mark President Mahinda Rajapaksa's birthday and completion of three years in office.

Buddhist talk

Professor Arjuna de Zoysa will deliver a Public Buddhist talk in English on. "Emptiness in Buddhism" at a meeting of the Servants of the Buddha Society on Saturday 22nd November at 4.30 p.m. at Maitri Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya.

Pichamal Pooja today

The SLFP All Ceylon Women's Organisation will conduct a Pichchamal Pooja at the Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihara at 7 a.m. today in order to invoke blessings on President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on the third anniversary of his assuming duties as the President of Sri Lanka.

A pinkama will be held under the patronage of Youth Affairs Minister Pavithra Vanniarachchi and Southern Province Governor Kumari Balasuriya, Treasurer of the SLFP Women's Organisation.

Religious ceremony

The Muslim Ulama Party (a political party of Muslim clergy) will conduct a religious ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the assumption of office President Mahinda Rajapaksa as President at 11 a.m. today at No. 63, Dematagoda Road, Maradana. Western Province Governor Alavi Mowlana and Presidential Advisor A. H. M. Azwer will attend.

Scholarship awarding ceremony

Indika Polkotuwa

A ceremony to award scholarships to 1,600 children of parents employed in foreign countries will be held at 10 a.m. at the Udarata Kala Sangam Hall, Kandy, presided by Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Keheliya Rambukwella. Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau has made necessary arrangements to conduct this programme with the completion of President Mahinda Rajapaksa's third year in office as the Executive President of Sri Lanka.

Chevening scholarships

The British High Commission in collaboration with the British Council will host a reception to launch the Chevening Alumni Network in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Chevening Scholarships are prestigious awards available to international students for study in the United Kingdom.

The scholarship, which are named after chevening House in Kent, the official country residence of he Foreign Secretary, are available in more than 100 countries and around 1000 new Chevening Scholarships are awarded globally each year. The reception will be held on November 26 at 120 Wijerama Mawatha Colombo 7 from 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.