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Rump LTTE leaders attempt to regroup in Tamil Nadu
Rump LTTE leaders and cadres are trying to
regroup and revive the terror group in Tamil Nadu and other parts of
India, Indian Union Home Ministry’s Director of Internal Security
R.K. Suman disclosed on Friday. “The LTTE, even after its military
defeat, has not abandoned its goal of achieving ‘Tamil Eelam.’
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‘Judiciary should be independent as well as
just’:
I’ll never influence the judiciary - President
President Mahinda Rajapaksa told media chiefs
last week that he would never influence the judiciary. Nobody has
such a right. He had, however, discussed matters pertaining to the
judiciary such as welfare and training for Magistrates. The
judiciary should not only be independent but also just.
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A/L paper marking begins next month
The evaluation of the 2012 GCE Advanced Level
examination answer scripts will begin next week. Examinations
Commissioner General N.J. Pushpakumara said a group of university
lecturers who met him last week expressed their willingness to do
paper marking. “Some university lecturers responded to our call for
a meeting,
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Sri Lanka - India talks on Kudankulam nuclear plant
India has agreed to enter into a broad dialogue
with Sri Lanka on the safety aspects of the Kudankulam nuclear power
plant in Southern India, Indian media reported yesterday. The
reports said that the dialogue mechanism between the two nations for
cooperation on nuclear issues,
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Life saving jackets, a must
The Disaster Management Ministry (DMM) had
repeatedly warned boat operators countrywide to provide passengers
full fledged life saving jackets to save their lives in the event of
emergency situations in the seas and rivers. The DMM made this
warning again following last week’s boat tragedy at Beruwala,
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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. 
