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No price revision in the near future, assures
Minister:
Sri Lanka’s gasoline prices, lowest in South East Asia
Sri Lanka has the lowest gasoline prices in the
whole of South East Asia, Petroleum Industries Minister Anura
Priyadharshana Yapa said refuting claims that a revision in fuel
prices will be effected in the near future. “The Ministry is still
not in a position to sanction a reduction in fuel prices at this
stage.
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Floating Market to be opened tomorrow
The Pettah Floating Market will be opened
tomorrow, August 25 at 5 pm, the Urban Development Authority
announced. Minister of Health and the General Secretary of the Sri
Lanka Freedom Party, Mathirpala Sirisena will be the chief guest.
The Market was constructed by the Urban Development Authority under
the Urban Regeneration Program for Colombo city.
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Ebola precautions at Mattala airport and seaports
Steps to prevent the entry of the Ebola Virus
disease (EBV) at the Mattala airport and all seaports are now under
way. Health officials told the Sunday Observer that the screening
program for new arrivals from mainly West African countries, will be
extended shortly to the Mattala airport and other entry points such
as seaports and harbours islandwide.
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No charismatic candidate in UNP:
No rationale to abolish Executive Presidency – Nimal Siripala de
Silva
Irrigation and Water Resources Management
Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that there is no rationale
behind the UNP’s demand to abolish the Executive Presidency. It was
the UNP that introduced the Executive Presidency, proportional
representation and preferential voting system in the country.
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Terrorist rehabilitation program, a model for other countries -
Prof Rohan Gunaratna
International Terrorism Expert Prof. Rohan
Gunaratna said that the Government’s terrorist rehabilitation
program was a resounding success today and a model for other
countries. Prof. Gunaratna who delivered a special lecture, “India
under Modi: A turning point in Indo-Lanka relations” at the
Parliamentary Complex on Wednesday,
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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. 
