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Man nabbed with 130 ‘blue’ DVDs

A 30-year-old suspect from Meddegama, Kirindiwela was arrested by Nugegoda Police Intelligence Unit for possessing 130 DVDs containing pornographic material.

Rs 135,760 stolen from Avasaya

Kebetigollewa Police investigating a robbery of Rs 135,760 from the Avasaya of the temple at Kebetigollewa D6 division arrested two suspects and recovered a part of the loot amounting to Rs 96,000 and a motorcycle and mobile phone used for the robbery.

Suspects in assault case further remanded

Kelum Bodhimana Thihagoda group corr.

The four suspects held in connection with the alleged assault on the Matara District Deputy Director of Inland Revenue were further remanded till September 13. They were noticed to appear in Court on that day when they were produced before Matara Chief Magistrate Udesh Ranatunga yesterday.

Buddhist talk in English

Indika Perera will deliver a Buddhist Talk in English, on “Can Kamma Vipaka be altered?”, at a meeting of the Servants of the Buddha Society, Maitri Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya on Saturday, September 11 at 4.30 p.m.

Rabindranath Tagore 150th Birth Anniversary

A ceremony to mark the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian poet, playwright, author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature will be held Thursday, September 16 at the ICES Auditorium, 2, Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 8 at 5.00 p.m.

Organized by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, the ceremony features a lecture titled “Rabindranath Tagore: Reflections, Relevance and Readings,” by Sharmila Kantha, an accomplished author and wife of the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka. An excerpt of poems from “Gitanjali”, the publication which earned Rabindranath Tagore the Noble Prize for Literature will be read by “Nethra Review.”

Managing Editor Lakmali Jayasinghe, The ceremony will end with the screening of the film “Charulata,” one of Satyajithy Ray’s masterpieces, based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore.

Eid-ul-Fitr

Festival Prayers

The Eid-ul-Fitr festival prayers at Galle Face Green will be conducted at 8.30 a.m on the Edul-Fitr day and will be over at 10.00 a.m.

The prayers are conducted under the auspices of the Memon Association of Sri Lanka annually.

Free medical clinic

A free medical clinic and blood donation campaign organised by the Pannipitiya Dharmapala Vidyalaya Past Pupils Association Araliya Group to mark the 146th Birth Anniversary of late Anagarika Dharmapala will be held at the Dharmapala Vidyalaya premises on September 11 from 8 am to 4 pm.

AGM

The 34th AGM of the All Ceylon Madel owners’ Fisheries Co-operative Society will be held at the Nuga Sevana hall, Wayamba Provincial Fisheries Ministry compound on September 9 at 9 am. Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne will be the chief guest.

IET – Ex 2010 postponed

IET – EX 2010 exhibition and sale which was scheduled to be held on September 09 – 12 has been called off indefinitely due to unavoidable circumstances. This exhibition is organized by the Institute of Engineering Technology of the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority. The rescheduled dates for the exhibition and the sale would be notified later.

Book launch

Joe Seneviratne’s translation of ‘Osho’s Book of Secrets’ will be launched as a publication of Wijesuriya Books Centre at 3.30 on September 16 at the National Library Services Council auditorium, Independent Avenue, Colombo – 07. The book deals with the techniques of meditation, instrumental in assisting Siddharta Gauthama to attain the Buddhahood, A S Balasuriya and Joe Senevirathne, will speak at the event.

Holiday for Islamic invigilators

September 10 will be a holiday for Islamic invigilators involved in the 2010 G C E Advanced Level Examination assessment duties on account of the Ramazan festival.

Their participation in assessment duties on September 13 will be sufficient, the Examinations Department said in a press release.