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Commitment to accelerate development programs:
Govt’s investment on key projects gathers momentum
The Government’s investment on key national
infrastructure projects has gained momentum and its total investment
on roads, bridges, ports, power generation, and irrigation amounted
to Rs.152,401 million from January to April 2012. According to the
Mid Year Fiscal Position Report 2012 issued by the Finance and
Planning Ministry,
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Intercepting boats of asylum seekers :
Aussie MP commends Sri Lanka Navy
Australian parliamentarian Don Randall has
commended the role played by the Sri Lanka Navy to intercept boats
carrying prospective illegal immigrants to Australia. Following a
recent trip to Sri Lanka, he has written in his personal blog, “The
Sri Lankan Navy is doing an outstanding job of returning these
boats,
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Ministry goes all out to beautify railway stations
The beautification of all 330 railway stations
countrywide and bring it on par with the Government’s City and
Village Beautification Program will be expedited by the Transport
Ministry on a directive by Transport Minister Kumara Welgama. A
recent Railway Department survey has revealed that nearly 30 percent
of the railway stations have already been given a facelift and that
the remaining 70 percent railway stations are not properly
maintained.
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Mozambican held over forged currency notes
Police have cautioned business establishments
when dealing with foreign nationals who try to encash forged
currency notes. A Mozambican national was taken in for questioning
by sleuths of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) a few
days ago when he attempted to encash forged currency notes at a
business establishment in Bambalapitiya.
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Divineguma Bill, an impetus to development
Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and
Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the Divineguma Bill will
be an impetus for development and the critics of the Bill are trying
to thwart development in the country. There are certain things that
have been accepted nationally,
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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. 
