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SLFP begins islandwide reorganisation campaign:
Govt ready to face elections -President
The Government is ready to face elections as it
enjoys the fullest confidence of the people throughout the island,
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Addressing a series of
rallies held to mark the commencement of the re-organisation
campaign of the SLFP from the Anuradhapura District, President
Rajapaksa pointed out that it was the Opposition which was
apprehensive of facing elections at any level.
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Public support vital to control dengue mosquitoes
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that
dengue mosquitoes cannot be controlled by appointing only a task
force or using chemicals. The support of social service
organisations, the public and schoolchildren are vital to destroy
dengue breeding grounds. Minister Sirisena will launch the `Dengue
Control Week’ tomorrow.
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No aircraft fuel without quality certificate
No fuel will be issued to aircraft without a
quality assurance certificate, said Petroleum Industries Minister
Susil Premajayantha. The laboratory tests conducted by the Ceylon
Petroleum Corporation (CPC) had revealed that 7,500 MT of the 20,000
MT received on April 27, 2012 were not up to standard.
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UNP ‘resurrects’ Tiger flag
Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister
Dullas Alahapperuma said the Tiger flag which had fallen at the
Nandikadal lagoon on May 19, 2009 was again hoisted at the joint
TNA-UNP rally led by Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe in
Jaffna on May 1. It is very unfortunate that Wickremesinghe,
willingly or unwillingly acts to cater to the interests of the
pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora.
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LTTE’s US head sentenced to time served
The former head of the LTTE in the US who had
pleaded guilty to providing material support to the group, was
sentenced to the time served of five years on Friday. Karunakaran
Kandasamy, 55, was among the four persons who had pleaded guilty in
2009 to purchasing improvised explosive devices, missiles and
machine guns and raising millions of dollars for the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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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. 
