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Certification in keeping with IAEA standards:
Sri Lanka to launch first nuclear project
Sri Lanka will launch its first nuclear project,
a multipurpose gamma radiation plant established and supervised
under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), early next
month. The acquisition of atomic energy for non-destructive
industrial applications had been on the cards since 2006.
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China leads with 24 percent contribution:
FDI inflows from Jan-Sept 2013 hit US$ 870 million
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows from
January to September 2013 have hit US$ 870 million, a 41 percent
increase compared to the US$ 615 million FDI inflows for the
corresponding period in 2012. The cumulative FDI inflow to Sri Lanka
from 1978 up to the third quarter of 2013 amounted to US$ 9,397
million of which 70 percent FDIs.
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Tamil Nadu protesters were not professional journalists -
Keheliya Rambukwella
Tamil journalists in Tamil Nadu who teamed up to
demand the release of their colleague, Thamil Prabhakaran, who video
filmed High Security Zones (HSZs) in Jaffna, clearly show that they
are not professionals, Information and Mass Media Minister Keheliya
Rambukwella told the Sunday Observer.
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BBC Sinhala service head suspended
BBC Sinhala Service (Sandeshaya) head Priyath
Liyanage who aired a news bulletin unfavourable to the controversial
BBC World Service documentary “Sri Lanka’s Unfinished War” by
Frances Harrison, has been suspended with immediate effect. Liyanage
who had authorised a three-minute bulletin that carried defensive
comments,
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Beware of ingesting MSD - Health officials
Avoid food items (cooked or uncooked) containing
monosodium glutamate (MSD) as they can cause serious health hazards,
health officials said. “MSD is a toxic substance and there is
scientific evidence to prove this. It also contains sodium which
raises blood pressure levels besides impacting adversely on the
nervous 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. 
