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LTTE fronts pumping funds to revive terror
outfit:
Canada should take serious note of US State Dept report –
Arun Thambimuttu
The SLFP Batticaloa district organiser Arun
Thambimuttu said that Canada should take serious note of the US
State Department’s report which acknowledges what Sri Lanka had been
trying to convince the international community that LTTE fronts are
pumping funds to revive the terror outfit in Sri Lanka.
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Peace, political stability and tourism help
record dramatic increase:
FDI inflow tops 72 percent from 2006-2013
Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa
Abeywardena said that of the US$ 9,918 million Foreign Direct
Investments (FDIs) inflow received by Sri Lanka from 1978 to 2013,
72 percent amounting to US$ 7,140 million was received from 2006 to
2013 during the UPFA Government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Price control for imported medical drugs soon?
Imported medical drugs are likely to come under
price control in the near future. According to sources from the
Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA), Internal Trade Minister Johnston
Fernando has proposed that all imported drugs used for medicinal
purposes are price controlled under the Consumer Act 2003, Section
9.
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Dearth of Guards, a setback to SLR
The most shocking train disaster in Pothuhera
that resulted in a multi-million rupee loss to the Railway and
injured over 60 passengers could have been averted or minimised had
an Under-Guard being on board the train to apply a second set of
brakes on the Pallai bound Deyata Kirula train that rammed into the
Raja Rata Rejina last week,
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Good roads, bad driving result in more accidents
Bad driving has resulted in a surge of road
accidents in recent weeks, negating the positive benefits of road
infrastructure development, National Hospital sources said. “One
emerging negative trend is the large number of three wheelers now
taking advantage of the improved roads in the periphery to take long
distance passengers.
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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. 
