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Mysterious death of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen :
Magisterial verdict on December 10
Ending months of controversy over the alleged
cause of death of Wasim Thajudeen, the verdict of the magisterial
inquiry into the case is due on December 10, authoritative legal
sources told the Sunday Observer.
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Bar Council concerned over transfer of Judges
Members of the Sri Lanka Bar Council, a key
decision making body of the Sri Lanka Bar Association, have raised
serious concern over the transfer of the judge conducting the
magisterial inquiry into Wasim Thajudeen’s death.
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Assault on HNDA students:
HRC raps IGP
“IGP N.K. Illangakoon should have issued a
statement regarding the police attack on HNDA students on October
29,” said Dr. Deepika Udugama Chairman, Human Rights Commission,
“The failure of the IGP to make a statement involving a serious
incident between the police and the public,
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Sri Lankan housemaid’s impending execution:
Govt appeals for clemency
An appeal for clemency by the Sri Lankan
Government, requesting the death sentence imposed on a Sri Lankan
domestic worker in Saudi Arabia be reconsidered has delayed the
execution by stoning, a Riyadh-based top source confirmed.
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Dhammika Perera and Ronnie Ibrahim arrested:
Godahewa requests for different date
Former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) Nalaka Godahewa who failed to appear before the
Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) has through
this lawyers requested for another date.
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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. 
