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President to address ACD Summit today

[October 09 2016]

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".

Sri Lanka, Iran revive trade agreements

[October 09 2016]

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.

SAARC summit put off

[October 02 2016]

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.

Reservoir water levels drop, authorities warn of drastic measures

[October 02 2016]

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.

Dengue Prevention Week

[September 25 2016]

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 to visit Sri Lanka

[September 25 2016]

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.

Charith joins elite band

[September 25 2016]

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 .

Mahela at Schoolboy Cricketer Awards

[September 18 2016]

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.

Errant sugar traders warned

[September 18 2016]

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.

No immediate power cuts

[September 18 2016]

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.

Seeing is believing, Mr Rapp: FLASHBACK: At a time the US Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice Stephen Rapp seems to be misled by LTTE sympathisers and levels war crime charges on Sri Lanka, people in Buttala will mark the sixth death anniversary of 27 civilians who had been massacred by Tiger terrorists. On January 16, 2008, a roadside bomb planted by the LTTE, the world’s most ruthless terrorist outfit targeted a passenger bus and killed 27 civilians including three schoolchildren and injuring 67 others. After the bus was hit by a powerful claymore mine, the terrorists shot at the passengers who had tried to flee. If Rapp could speak to the relatives of those victims, he could ascertain as to who had committed war crimes. Here the funeral of the victims of LTTE terror.

TNA intensifies campaign against NPC Chief Secy with death threats

The intensified campaign against the Chief Secretary of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) by Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran and other TNA Council members has ended in death threats. Chief Secretary of the Northern Provincial Council Mrs. R. Wijialudchumi Ramesh when contacted by the Sunday Observer yesterday said that she has been receiving death threats via SMS from abroad and telephone calls from unknown persons demanding her to give up her post.

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Minister Peiris raps US Embassy’s unconventional news leads

External Affairs Minister Prof.G.L.Peiris had protested over the unconventional news leads the US embassy had been releasing to the media when he met the visiting US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Steven J.Rapp on Friday. Referring to a photo caption featuring the US Ambassador Michele Sison and the visiting Envoy on the US Embassy twitter which claimed ‘civilian deaths due to Army shelling’,

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A model for Third World countries:

‘Sri Lanka can hold its own’

Western Province Agriculture, Agrarian Development, Minor Irrigation Industries and Environment Minister Udaya Gammanpila said when many countries betray their allies and their own to be in the good books of powerful Western nations, Sri Lanka is one of the few principled and bold nations which had the courage to defeat terrorism.

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Chief Ministers call for PC dissolution

The Chief Ministers of Southern and Western Provincial Councils yesterday wrote to their Governors to dissolve the provincial councils. According to the Provincial Council Elections Act when such a request is made, the Governors are required to dissolve the Councils immediately.

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