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‘Nice people, nice country’, says Reigning Miss
Earth–Air 2013:
West should not judge Lanka over human rights
Reigning Miss Earth – Air 2013, Katia Wagner said
that the West should not judge Sri Lanka over its human rights
situation and that she did not see “anything bad” during her visit
to Sri Lanka. Asked about her opinion on the constant criticism of
Sri Lanka’s human rights situation by European and Western nations,
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IMAs transferred to Nauru for offshore processing
The Australian Government said yesterday that
the 157 illegal maritime arrivals (IMAs) who were transferred to the
Department of Immigration and Border Protection facilities in Curtin
earlier this week have been transferred to Nauru overnight for
offshore processing.
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Six Independent groups in the fray for Uva PC polls
Six Independent groups have made security
deposits to contest the forthcoming Uva Provincial Council
elections, Additional Elections Commissioner R.M.A.L. Ratnayake
said. While one Independent group has made the deposit for the
Badulla district, five Independent groups made deposits for the
Moneragala district.
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President to open National NDT Centre in October
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will open the
National Centre for Non-Destructive Testing (NCNDT) in October,
another giant leap in the field of science and technology in Sri
Lanka, Chairman Atomic Energy Authority Dr. Ranjith Wijewardena
said. Non-Destructive Testing or popularly known as NDT is the
science of testing materials to reveal hidden defects without
damaging the materials.
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Tension in North defused:
Indian fishermen’s protest called off
The tense situation in the Northern fishing
villages yesterday following reports that thousands of protesting
fishermen were to set off from India and invade the Kachchativu
island was defused after the planned protest was called off. Navy
spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasooriya told the Sunday
Observer,
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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. 
