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The new Maha Oya Divisional Secretariat in Ampara built at a cost of Rs. 26 million was opened by Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs W.D.J. Seneviratne. The Chief of the Vanniyela Aththo Gooba also took part in the opening ceremony with his men.

A tree planting campaign the ‘Thuru Viyana Project’ was held between Dehigahapitiya and Baduwatta along Avissawella-Ratnapura main road by the Eheliyagoda Pradeshiya Sabha. Here Environment Minister, Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, National Heritage Minister, Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Ratnapura, District MP, Vasudeva Nanayakkara jointly plant a sapling. - Pic Nimal Wijayatunga Eheliyagoda special

The first ever IATA Agents Association Legends awards ceremony was held at the Ramada Hotel. Here the President of IATA - AASL and Chairman/ Managing Director of Superlink Travels Pvt Ltd, Rodney Koelmeyer accompanies the Chief Justice Asoka De Silva who was the chief guest.

The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd (ANCL) together with the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI) will commence a public lecture series on various topics. The agreement was signed at a ceremony at the ANCL, last week. Here ANCL Chairman Bandula Padmakumara and SLFI Chairman Dr. Ranjith Bandara exchange the agreement . ANCL Director Editorial Seelaratne Senarath is also in the picture.
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200th anniversary of Panadura Rankoth Vihara

The 200th anniversary of the establishment of the historic Panadura Rankoth Vihara will be celebrated at 2.30 p.m.today.

The Mahanayake of the Amarapura Nikaya will preside over the public meeting to be held at the Rankoth Vihara premises.

The President will also lay the foundation stone for a four-storeyed Pirivena building and the new sangawasa.

Vice Chancellor of the Kelaniya University Ven. Velimitiyawe Kusala Dhamma Nayaka Thera and Nayaka Theras of the Amarapura Sector, Ministers and Parliamentarians in the Kalutara District will also participate.

A commemorative stamp will also be issued by the Postal Department to mark the 200th anniversary of the Vihara.

Over 600 power pirates nabbed

The flying squad of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) rounded up 608 electricity pirates during raids conducted in Trincomalee, Minneriya and Puttalam last month.

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka has directed the authorities to take action against corruption and other irregularities to make the CEB a profitable venture.

WP Councillor's mother passes away

Mrs. Kalubowilage Nelie Neslin Perera passed away. She was the mother of former Minister and present Member of the Western Provincial Council, Hector Bethmage and mother-in-law of Ranjith Perera of the VDT Editorial Reading Department of Lake House.

Her remains lie at No. 6, Walawwatta Road, Gangodawila, Nugegoda and the funeral will take place at Udahamulla cemetery today Oct. 10 at 4.00 p.m.

Master's, PhD seminar

On the directive of the Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake, Dr. Graham Mcgregor, the Director for Business Research at the University of Otago, New Zealand will hold a free seminar for university teachers who engage in their Master's and PhDs.

The seminar will be held on October 19, 20 and 21 at the Post-Graduate Institute of Management, University of Jayawardenepura, Colombo 8.

The workshop is intended for those seeking to undertake postgraduate study for research based Master's or PhD degrees, which have a dissertation or thesis component. The workshop is designed to help you confront these issues in a positive and practical way. It will provide activities and guidelines that will assist to find a topic, previous dissertations in the same area, and importance for the academic community.

Unhygienic food, hotels in the net

"Health raids" carried out with the coordinated efforts of the Police, Kandy Municipal Council and the Provincial Council (PC) brought to light the amount of unhygienic food with which some hoteliers of Kandy provide their customers, said the Chief Medical Officer of Kandy Dr. M.K. Yapa.

Giant tea cup

The Guinness World Record was broken for the largest cup of tea. The event was overseen by an official Guinness Adjudicator from London, UK who monitored the process and handed over the official certificate confirming the attempt to Chairman/Managing Director - GSK Consumer, Sri Lanka, Sachi Thomas .

The previous record was held by the Health Centre in Fort Scott, Kansas, USA, on September 26, 2009. The cup had been made to hold 3,000 liters, which is 660 gallons of tea. The record created by Viva was a 1,000 gallon cup of tea.

The giant cup was 10 feet in height and 8 feet in width. It was designed using 16 gauge, 1 inch thick steel which was nickel plated. Six, 2,000 wattage heaters and a stirrer powered by motors and generators to keep the tea warm.