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President directs Treasury to release funds:
Flood relief operations to cost Govt Rs. 33 billion
Relief operations to restore infrastructure and
rebuild the livelihoods of 1.2 million people affected by floods in
the second wave of the disaster will cost the Government Rs. 33
billion, it was revealed yesterday.
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Revised amount to be issued in two weeks:
Lanka receives over 20 percent of UN’s Flash Appeal
Sri Lanka has received more than 20 percent of
the Flash Appeal of US $ 51 million in emergency funding of the
United Nations and have called for more due to the heavy
displacement and losses caused due to the second wave of floods last
week, UN Resident Coordinator Neil Buhne said.
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MoU with UNP asserts independent decisions:
SLMC committed to support UPFA
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) had signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UNP asserting their
right to take independent decisions on any political issues in the
run-up to the April 2010 parliamentary polls,
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Police get ready for LG polls
Logistics regarding the number of police
personnel to be deployed at the forthcoming local government polls
scheduled to be held on March 17 are being worked out at the Police
Election Secretariat Colombo to conduct a free and a fair poll
devoid of violence, Senior DIG Elections Gamini Navaratne told the
Sunday Observer.
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Cricket World Cup to hit 100,000 arrivals per month
Sri Lanka is expected to hit the 100,000 arrival
mark per month during the Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. Director
Sri Lanka, Tourism, Malraj Kiriella said that there were over 80,000
tourist arrivals in December and a further 72,000 in January.
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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. 
