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The Government will hold discussions with India and Japan, to
convert the proposed coal-fired power plant in Sampur, from coal to
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), due to pressure on the Government from
energy and environment experts not to go ahead with further
coal-fired power plants, according to a top Environment Ministry
source.
Police yesterday recovered the T56 weapon and five revolvers,
reportedly stolen from the Laggala police station on Thursday (April
14) morning, from a temple premises in Laggala, yesterday (April 16)
morning, Police Spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekara said. According to
sources, the police found the weapons near the water tank of the
Wellewela,
Former Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne said divisions in the SLFP
should be eschewed and the party should move forward as a united
entity under its leaders. The former premier said at present the
challenge faced by the SLFP-led UPFA coalition is that all its
leaders should unite, irrespective of differences.
Power crisis:
Countering allegations by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) of an
energy crisis, the Public Utilities Commision of Sri Lanka (PUCSL)
says there is an adequate energy supply to the national grid.
Chairman of the national regulator Saliya Mathews stated in a letter
to the CEB that restrictions imposed at Rantambe (49 megawatts) and
the failure of two 250 MVA transformers do not give rise to an
energy crisis.
Although there was a decrease in the number of patients, treated and
admitted to the Accident Service during the New Year festivities
from April 12 – 16, compared to the previous year, organisers of New
Year sports activities which continue even after the Avurudu
celebrations, should also take precautions to minimise risks,
hospital authorities warned.
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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. 
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. 
