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Emerge champions at Asian Five Nations Tournament
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Sri Lanka bags Asian rugby title
A new chapter in Sri Lanka rugby was opened when
the national team, led by flanker Yoshitha Rajapaksa, emerged
champions at the Asian Five Nations Tournament concluded in Colombo
yesterday. This is the first time that Sri Lanka had beaten
Kazakhstan in an Asian rugby tournament. Sri Lanka made a clean
sweep winning all three matches in style.
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President congratulates Sri Lanka rugby team
President Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated the
Sri Lanka rugby team on its remarkable performance to secure the
Asian Five Nations qualifying round tournament with three successive
wins. “You have made Sri Lanka proud. The Sri Lanka team has now
proved that they are good enough to play with the Asian rugby
giants.
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Rehabilitated with Korean assistance:
President to open Padeniya-A’pura road
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will open tomorrow,
the Padeniya-Anuradhapura road which has been rehabilitated at a
cost of Rs.7 billion with Korean assistance enabling people to have
easy access to Anuradhapura and other destinations in the Northern
and North Central Provinces. The opening ceremony will take place at
Padeniya junction at 10 am.
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Avoid sports after flu - Health Ministry
The National Hospital authorities have warned
students against participating in sports, especially those needing
strenuous activity such as a marathon, while running a temperature
or after a viral flu. Deputy Director, Accident Service, Dr. Cyril
Silva said, “There’s a viral flu running around now. After a viral
flu attack,
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Pass system abolished – fishermen relieved
The pass system for fishermen that was in
practice for over two decades in the North, East and North Western
provinces, restricting fishing activities was abolished last week.
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha
Senaratne told the Sunday Observer that this was a great relief and
victory for the fishermen who had staged protests and agitations
demanding the abolition of the Navy’s pass system.
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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. 
