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Deputy Governor Samarasiri tipped to be Governor:
Different views expressed on ‘acting governor’
provision:
A senior Deputy Governor currently serving in the Central Bank is likely to be
appointed to head the bank, as incumbent Governor Arjuna Mahendran has decided
not to seek a re-appointment until the conclusion of investigations.
Chunnakam Wind Power Project tender to resume:
Sri Lanka is expected to go for an international bidding process for the
accelerated construction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Power Plants in Sampur,
Trincomalee, Tenders will be advertised as early as July 15, Secretary to the
Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy Dr. B.M.S Batagoda, told the Sunday
Observer.
The Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE), the parliamentary watchdog, has
completed investigations into 35 state-owned enterprises and would table
findings at the next parliamentary session of twenty of these enterprises,
Chairman of COPE Sunil Handunnetti told the Sunday Observer.
The Government is to change several important legislation to strengthen and fast
track the financial crimes investigations process.
Parallel to the Police Financial Crimes Division (FCID) being turned into a
powerful bureau with a strong mandate, the government is now exploring the
possibility of changing the Money Laundering Act, extradition laws and mutual
legal assistance legislations, top government sources told the Sunday Observer.
Britain’s move to leave the EU would have multiple economic impacts on Sri
Lanka, a prominent Sri Lankan economic research body said.
A document published by the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS), Sri
Lanka’s socio-economic policy think tank, on Friday, described how the decision
to leave the European Union would affect Sri Lanka. It was authored by IPS
Researchers Suwendrani Jayaratne, Kithmina Hewage and Chantal Sirisena. |
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. 
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. 
