SLFP in turmoil
Attempt to suspend Arjuna, Hirunika, 3 others
from CC:
Pressure on President to convene Central
Committee:
The Rajapaksa faction in the Sri Lanka Freedom
Party (SLFP) is seeking to suspend the Central Committee (CC)
membership of five of its members contesting the August 17 General
Elections on the United National Party (UNP) ticket. SLFP Media
Spokesman, Dilan Perera,
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No drug dealers in Parliament
UNP to deny access to candidates with links to
narco trade:
Prime Minister and leader of the United National
Party, Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested the National Dangerous
Drugs Control Board (NDDCB), to submit a report directly to him, if
any UNP candidate running for Parliament this August has established
links with the narcotics trade,
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Fresh probe into Welikada riots
CIPI report handed over to IGP:
The report on the 2012 Welikada prison riots has
been handed over to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to launch
fresh criminal investigations into the incident, Minister of
Justice, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told the Sunday Observer.
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Rs. 169 million theft:
Ex-RADA Director re-remanded
The former Finance and Administration Director
of Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA), Jayantha Dias
Samarasinghe, was re-remanded by the Fort Magistrate Priyantha
Liyanage, when the case was taken up for hearing on July 22.
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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. 
