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A timely move ahead of Geneva vote:
Chandrika’s letter, a deliberate attempt to sully Lanka’s image
A cross section of Government Ministers who commented on former
President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga’s controversial letter
to President Mahinda Rajapaksa described it as a deliberate attempt
to discredit Sri Lanka when various unfounded allegations are being
levelled against Sri Lanka by certain international forces in
Geneva.
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All set for PC polls
The Elections Secretariat will deploy over 75,000 election officers
and 16,000 policemen for the crucial Western and Southern Provincial
Council elections on Saturday from 7.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. There are
5,898,427 voters in six districts - Colombo over 1.5 million,
Gampaha almost 1.6 million, Kalutara almost 900,000, Galle over
800,000, Matara over 600,000 and Hambantota over 450,000 who are
eligible to vote at the forthcoming polls, a spokesman for the
Elections Secretariat said.
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Beware of polluted coconut oil barrels – CAA
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has asked wholesale dealers to
refrain from using empty barrels to store coconut oil and other
edible oils, unless they are washed thoroughly to eliminate the
harmful chemicals. “We recently found over eighty 200-litre barrels
which had been used earlier to store toxic chemicals and later used
to store coconut oil without being washed.
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Sri Lanka free of chemical weapons
The National Authority for the Implementation of Chemical Weapons
Convention (NA CWC) in Sri Lanka Director Dr Rohan P. Perera,, said
that chemical weapons related substances or chemicals that could be
converted into chemical weapons have not been brought into Sri
Lanka.
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Ban on meat transport lifted in most districts
The Health Ministry has lifted the temporary ban on the transport of
meat from districts affected by the Foot and Mouth disease.An
estimated 12,500 head of livestock are said to have been infected by
the disease, which health sources said had no adverse impact on
humans.
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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. 
