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North connected to the national grid after two
decades:
Chunnakam sub station to be opened on Sept 15
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will open the newly
built Chunnakam sub station in Jaffna on September 15, reconnecting
the North to the national grid after a lapse of two decades. The
Jaffna peninsula will receive electricity from the national grid
after 26 years through the Chunnakam power station. The 63 MW
Chunnakam sub station constructed at a cost of Rs. 1,800 million
will provide electricity to 120,000 households.
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OPINION: She hasn’t changed a bit
Essentially, the prejudicial views of Navanethem
Pillay the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights do not seem to have
changed one bit, despite her fact finding mission to Sri Lanka last
week. Apart from brief but nodding acknowledgements that there is
reconstruction and that there are investigations on the Contra la
Femme aid worker killings and the murders of five students in
Trincomalee,
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Different agenda behind her visit - Minister
Rambukwella:
Pillay attempts to pay floral tribute to terrorist leader
UNHRC chief Navi Pillay’s request to pay a
floral tribute during her recent visit to the North had been
rejected by the Government. Informed sources said that Pillay had
initially informed of her desire to offer a floral tribute to the
late LTTE terrorist leader Velupillai Prabhakaran at a location in
the North.
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SLFP turns 62 tomorrow
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP), the main
constituent party of the ruling UPFA, will celebrate its 62nd
anniversary tomorrow at the Maligapitiya grounds, Kurunegala under
the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. SLFP seniors, along
with other constituent party leaders of the UPFA, would also attend
the SLFP anniversary celebrations.
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Airtel launches mobile adz
Bharti Airtel, a leading global
telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across
Asia and Africa has entered into a partnership with the Associated
Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd (ANCL), Sri Lanka’s leading publisher of
newspapers to offer ‘e-Mobile Adz, a unique sms-based system to
place classified advertisements in ANCL newspapers.
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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. 
