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Talks in run-up to polls :
SLMC set to contest Eastern PC with UPFA
In a desperate attempt to secure political
leverage in the run-up to the Eastern Provincial Council polls, UPFA
ally, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) led by Justice Minister Rauff
Hakeem is now holding talks with the Government and the Tamil
National Alliance (TNA). The party has already held several rounds
of talks with the TNA and is in the process of drafting an MoU to be
presented to the Government at discussions next week.
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‘Dengue has not reached epidemic proportions’
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that
the Dengue epidemic has not reached high proportions as made out by
certain sections of the media. A continuous program is being
implemented by the Health Ministry to combat Dengue. As a result,
there is a significant drop in the spread of Dengue,
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Sequel to serious crime :
Police get tough with rent-a-car companies
The police will come down hard on Rent-a Car
service companies whose vehicles are involved in serious crime.
Police have issued a stern warning to Rent-a Car service companies
to be vigilant when renting out vehicles to strangers without
checking their identity.
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Duty-free mobikes, laptops for over 11,000 GNs
Over 11,000 Grama Niladaris of 14,000 Grama Seva
Divisions will be given duty-free motorcycles and laptop computers
at concessionary rates under a scheme to be implemented by the
Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne
on August 1. The motorcycle distribution will be initially launched
in the Mullaitivu Divisional Secretariat Division ,
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150,000 houses for slum dwellers
Over 150,000 houses will be constructed for
people living in under-served settlements in Colombo, said
Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities
Minister Wimal Weerawansa. The slum and shanty settlement community
is due to the wrong economic strategies adopted in the past.
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President Maithripala Sirisena is in Thailand making a three-day official visit and attending the second Asia Cooperation Dialogue Summit. The Dialogue Summit that brings together 34 nations in the Asian region takes place from October 8 -10 in Bangkok under the theme "One Asia, Diverse Strength".
Official level discussions have commenced between Sri Lanka and Iran on reviving trade agreements that were signed between the two countries and will be put into operation soon after ironing out technicalities, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Rishad Bathiudeen said. 
Pakistan on Friday (September 30) officially postponed the 19th SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad on November 9 and 10. A new set of dates for holding the Summit will be announced soon through the Chair of SAARC (Nepal), reports said. 
Due to the prevailing drought, water levels of the main reservoirs have dropped to half its capacity, with authorities warning that drastic measures may need to be taken if water is to be continuously released from the reservoirs for power generation. 
To avert a possible dengue outbreak in the next three months, when the number of mosquito breeding sites are likely to surge with the monsoon rains, the Dengue Control Unit of the Health Ministry will launch an island-wide Dengue Control Week starting on Tuesday, September 27 to Monday, October 3.
Sir Richard Jolly, former Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF, and Special Adviser to the Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (1996 to 2000), and Principal Coordinator of the widely-acclaimed Human Development Report will deliver a lecture on, “Development: Can Sri Lanka be a model for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs)?” on September 28 at 5 pm at the BMICH Committee Room D, on the invitation of the Gamani Corea Foundation. 
Richmondite Charith Asalanka joined the elite band of school cricketers by winning the coveted Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year 2016 title for the second year in succession emulating the feats of former Sri Lankan greats Arjuna Ranatunga, 1980/82' ( Ananda) Roshan Mahanama, 1983/84'(Nalanda) Thilan Samaraweera 1994/95' ( Ananda) 'Lahiru Peiris 2004/2005 (St.Peter's) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa 2010'2011 (Royal) who had also won the award twice .
Cricketing legend and former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene will grace the occasion at the 38th Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year awards night scheduled to take place at the Galadari Hotel on September 20. 
Stern action will be taken against traders who sell sugar above the controlled price of Rs. 95. Instructions have been given to the relevant authorities to launch island-wide search operations, a press communique from the Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake said. 
Refuting speculations, Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said, no decision has been taken to impose power cuts on account of the current dry spell in the country. 
