Udayanga to be branded ‘fugitive’
Whereabouts unknown; SL team to visit Kiev mid
week; Interpol assistance sought for his arrest:
Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to the Ukraine,
Udayanga Weeratunga, is to be declared a fugitive shortly as his
whereabouts remain unknown. Two countries, Sri Lanka and Ukraine,
are trailing him for alleged arms deals and threatening national
security by collaborating with rebel forces.
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For UN Human Rights Council in September:
Eelam War missing report soon
The Presidential Commission probing
disappearances in Sri Lanka since 1983, will conclude its work on
the missing persons issue arising from the last phase of the Eelam
War in the next two months in time to present a report to the UN
Human Rights Council session scheduled for September in Geneva this
year,
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RADA chief remanded
The Chief Operating Officer of the
Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA), Saliya Wickramasuriya
was remanded yesterday until May 12 by the Fort Magistrate for
alleged financial fraud, Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.
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No Confidence against Ravi
Motion in Parliament next week:
The main Opposition UPFA yesterday said that
they would hand over a No Confidence motion against Finance Minister
Ravi Karunanayake to the Speaker next week, containing 15 main
allegations.
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17 more cases under FCID probe
The number of investigations carried out by the
Police Financial Criminal Investigation Division (FCID) has
increased by 17 more cases, during the past two weeks. At present,
69 investigations are being carried out by the Division, said Police
Spokesman, ASP Ruwan Gunasekara.
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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. 
