Two provincial news correspondents of Kalutara received letters of appointment as Justices of the Peace (JP) on a recommendation by the Chief Organiser of the Rajitha Senaratne Foundation, J.A.C. Peiris recently. Here Kalutara Provincial Correspondent of the Lake House Group N. Wijeratne receives his letter from Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Dr. Rajitha Senaratne.
Pic: H.L. Sunil Shantha, Kalutara Daily News Cor.

The ceremonial opening of the newly constructed Stupa and the unveiling of the pinnacle
at the Palliyagodella Purana Vihara at De Soyza Road, Rawatawatta, Moratuwa will be held on November 6 at 3.30 p.m. The temple, with an almost 400 year old history is one of the oldest in the area. The Chief Incumbent Ven. Urgaha Nagitha Thera and Dayaka Sabha member Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne undertook this meritorious task to raise funds to build a Stupa and renovate the temple. A special Bodhi Pooja and a Pagoda Pooja have also been
organised on that day from 7 p.m.

Three students of Royal College bagged a top prize at a prestigious IT competition held in the US recently for developing a new software for maintaining the secrecy of mobile phone short messages (SMSs). Chamath Palihawadana, Roshanal Lihinikaduwa and Adeesha Gammanpila won second palce at Oracle Think Quest 2012, conducted by the Oracle Education Foundation. Their demonstration on how the new software, when installed in the mobile phone, protect outgoing SMSs by a coded system helped them earn this world recognition. Pic: Kumarasiri Prasad, Airprot Cor.