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Drunken driver kills mom, infant

INDIKA POLKOTUWA and INDRANI THORADENIYA

A 38-year-old mother and her eight-month-old baby were killed on the spot when they were knocked down by a private coach at Penideniya, Peradeniya yesterday.

The driver was under the influence of liquor at the time of the incident, police said. The victim was on her way to a shop. The driver has surrendered to police.

Appointments to Northern grads

The ceremony to award teaching appointments to Northern Province graduates will be held at the Northern Province Governor’s Sub Office, 9/1, Lily Avenue, Jayanthipura, Battaramulla tomorrow at 10 a.m.

Sai Baba’s birthday celebrations

The 83rd year of advent celebrations of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba will be held tomorrow at Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithi, Colombo, “Sai Mandir”, 22, Barnes Place, Colombo 7.

Portrait unveiling

The portrait of the late H.E. Weerasooriya, Attorney-at-Law will be unveiled by Judge of the Supreme Court Chandra Ekanayake on November 26 at 2.30 p.m. at the Law Library, Courts Complex Fort, Galle.

The unveiling will take place under the auspices of the Galle Law Association.

Awards ceremony

The Language Training Division of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) will conduct its awards ceremony on November 29, from 10 a.m to 12.30.p.m at the BCIS auditorium. Certificates will be awarded to students who have successfully completed a beginners, intermediate or Advanced Level language course at the Centre. The BCIS offers language training in Sinhala, Tamil, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Hindi.

Best Speaker contest

The Best Speaker Contest - Final Round and Free English classes Awards Ceremony organised by the Mohan Lal Grero Foundation will be held at Lyceum International School tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Lecture, discussion

A lecture and discussion by Caj Soderlund, Senior Adviser, Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation, Nordic Council of Ministers on Globalisation Politics: The Performance of the Nordic Countries organised by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo will be held on Monday at 5.30 p.m. at ICES, 5, Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 8.

Convocation

The Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Educiaotn, which comes under the purview of the Higher Education Ministry will hold its fifth convocation to award diploma certificates to 1,700 on Monday at 9.30 a.m. at the BMICH under the Chairmanship of Higher Education Minister Prof. Wiswa Warnapala.

Media seminar

A media seminar will be held today at Zahira College, Mawanella, under auspices of the Sri Lanka Muslim Media Forum.

Principal Naeem Marikkar will preside. Advanced Level students will participate in this seminar titled ‘Media in 21st Century’. Malaysian Embassy First Secretary Mohamed Akmal will be the Chief Guest at the certificate awarding ceremony.

Dinner dance

The Old Boys’ Association of Sri Jayawardenapura Vidyalaya will present their annual dinner dance to celebrate the 187th Anniversary on November 28 at the BMICH.

This is a fund raising event for the Sports Complex and Ground Development Project.

Lecture

A lecture organised by the Alumni Association of the Institute of Supply and Materials Management will be held today at 4 p.m. at the O.P.A Auditorium, 275/75 Prof Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha, Colombo.