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Over 10,000 DNA profiles soon:
Hitech lab to track down criminals
Genetech, Sri Lanka’s foremost research institute
will expand its DNA profiles on criminals significantly to expedite
the arrest of crime suspects. “We have around 3,500 profiles of
those who have committed various crimes in the past 14 years. We
hope to expand this to over 10,000 in the near future, as we now
have an established laboratory for the purpose”,
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‘Hidden agenda under pretext of human rights’:
US fails to recognise Sri Lanka’s progress – Dinesh Gunawardena
Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and
Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the statement by US
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
Nisha Biswal at the end of her recent visit to Sri Lanka is crystal
clear that the US does not recognise the country’s significant
progress.
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Iran ready to support Lanka at UNHRC sessions
Iran is ready to extend its fullest support to
Sri Lanka during the UNHRC sessions in Geneva, Special
Representative of Iran’s Spiritual head Ghazi Askar said. He said
that USA and its allies which launch merciless attacks on other
countries are talking about human rights violations. They commit
crimes and point their finger against others.
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Hotelier shot at farewell party
A hotel owner who threw a farewell party to his
friends in the business community was shot and dumped on the rail
track in a gruesome murder reported from Rideegama, Kurunegala on
Friday night. The 39-year-old victim Disanayaka Arachchilage
Anuruddha Bandara also known as ‘Kalu Malli’ was a father of two,
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We need to move forward and rebuild the North - Jaffna
University VC
Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial
Council (NPC) C.V. Wineswaran had to take a dose of his own medicine
at the National conference on Post-terrorism Socio-Economic
Development of the Northern and the Eastern Provinces organised by
the University Grants Commission under the patronage of its
Chairperson Prof. Kshanika Hiriburegama at Taj Samudra Hotel,
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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. 
