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Elections to NP, NWP, CP on Sept. 21 or 28:
Polls chief to declare dates next week
The Elections Commissioner General Mahinda
Deshapriya will issue thegazette notice to hold elections in the
North, North Western and Central Provinces next week, a spokesman
for the Elections Secretariat said yesterday. The election is likely
to be held on September 21 or 28. According to the Provincial
Council Elections Act,
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TNA not keen to solve Northern problem – S.B. Dissanayake
Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said
the TNA has no genuine desire to seek a solution to the problems
faced by people in the North. If the problem remains unsettled it
would be ideal for the TNA for its political survival. Political
parties may have their own stand on this issue, but they should
participate in the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) and discuss
it at the PSC.
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SLMC to contest three PCs alone
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), a
constituent partner of the UPFA will contest the September 21 polls
to the three Provincial Councils independently under its ‘tree’
symbol. Discussions are under way to pick prospective candidates and
chief ministerial candidates, the party’s General Secretary M.T.
Hassan Ali MP told the Sunday Observer.
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Urban city centres will boost income
The prime objective of developing urban city
centres is to facilitate people to have more business opportunities
and increase their income generation, Defence and Urban Development
Ministry Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Friday. He said all
development projects in the Colombo city are aimed at providing
facilities for city dwellers, the floating population and to attract
more tourists to the city.
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Lanka, the hub of international education by 2020
The Higher Education Ministry has formulated a
National Higher Education Strategic Management Plan for Sri Lanka as
a Mid Term Plan covering years 2012 to 2015 to make Sri Lanka an
international hub of excellence in higher education by 2020. The aim
of the Ministry is to turn Sri Lanka into a key higher education hub
similar to countries such as Singapore,
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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. 
