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‘Moon’s panel of experts went beyond its task’:
Lanka’s UN allies express solidarity
Sri Lanka’s UN allies have expressed solidarity
against the UN Panel of Experts report which tries to pin war crimes
charges on Sri Lanka. The country began mustering support from its
UN allies amidst announcements of the report being released to
worldwide media in full today.
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‘Moon’s report biased’
The three-member expert panel report of UN
Secretary General Ban ki-Moon is biased and has been prepared with
information from pro LTTE elements. The UPFA rejects the allegations
against the Government in the Report said UPFA Secretary, Petroleum
Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha.
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UPFA to hold mammoth May Day rally in Colombo
A mammoth May Day rally organised by the UPFA
will be held in Colombo under the patronage of President Mahinda
Rajapaksa. Four major processions organised by the UPFA constituent
parties will start from Campbell Park, Borella, Narahenpita,
Maligakanda and Rajagiriya and arrive at Town Hall,
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‘Peace, the ultimate human right’:
Lanka’s resettlement program a model to the world - Lankan envoy
WASHINGTON: Sri Lanka’s continued economic
expansion, job creation and redevelopment are central to the effort
to sustain lasting peace nearly two years after the defeat of
terrorism, according to Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States
Jaliya Wickramasuriya.
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US drone attack kills civilians
Saturday - “US predators fired a barrage of
missiles in North Waziristan Agency, close to the Afghan border on
Friday, killing at least 25 people including civilians. Sources said
five missiles hit a house in Spinwam village of North Waziristan,
adding that the attack was the worst as five children and three
women were believed to be among the dead.
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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. 
