New Constitution design in offing
The newly formed National Unity Government will press ahead with the
drawing up of a new Constitution and some important reforms to the
legal system once the Cabinet of Ministers begins formulating policy
and programmes, the Sunday Observer learns.
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Former Deyata Kirula head files bribery charges
Claims over Rs 500 million allocated for the
exhibition misappropriated:
Accuses Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, high
ranking public officials:
Former Chief Executive of the Deyata Kirula Secretariat, Kanthi
Gunawardana, has filed two complaints with the Commission to
Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), accusing
the former Deyata Kirula Exhibition Committee.
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Sirisena, Ranil, high officials discuss:
Format for domestic probe
President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime
Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met with the Ministers of External
Affairs and Justice, and the Tri-forces commanders last week to
discuss an acceptable format for the proposed domestic mechanism to
address accountability issues.
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Fonseka offers evidence on KP
Responding to declaration made by the Attorney
General’s Department that there was no substantial evidence to
prosecute Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, the former chief procurer
for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and considered its
international face, former Army Commander.
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Whither missing persons report?
The Paranagama Commission report on missing
persons is unlikely to be presented at the 30th session of the UN
Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, scheduled to get underway on
September 14. An authoritative source said the report might not be
considered at the sessions.
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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. 
