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Raising funds through illegal means:
International crackdown on Tiger activities
International investigations are under way by the
Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany to crack down on LTTE
activities, specially its international financial network, by which
it is still raising funds through illegal means. Intelligence
sources told the Sunday Observer that the government is engaged at
diplomatic level with these and other countries in the European
Union to expose the LTTE’s financial network.
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Attacks on Sri Lankan pilgrims:
No impact on neighbourly ties
The recent attacks on Sri Lankan pilgrims in
Chennai were perpetrated by certain pro-LTTE political hardliners to
seek publicity and these incidents have had no impact whatsoever on
the traditional neighbourly relations between the two countries,
Deputy Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera told the Sunday
Observer.
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‘Resettled families doing well’:
Vavuniya GA refutes Tamil media reports
Vavuniya GA P.S.M. Charles has strongly refuted
reports in some sections of the Tamil media alleging that the health
of a large number of families who have been resettled in the Wanni
is in a precarious condition and are facing the threat of death,
after the Government’s relief assistance was discontinued.
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All set for CPA confab next year
The Parliament of Sri Lanka has already laid the
ground work for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)
Conference at the BMICH next year from September 7-15, Speaker
Chamal Rajapaksa told the Sunday Observer. An organising committee
under the chairmanship of Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody and an
Advisory Panel comprising Party Leaders under his chairmanship have
been appointed, he said.
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Pottuvil calm after the high drama
The situation in Pottuvil has been brought under
control following the shooting incident after police opened fire on
a mob in Pottuvil killing one person, a senior police officer told
the Sunday Observer. The mob had protested against the arrest of six
persons who attacked officials conducting a census of wild
elephants. The people had attacked the officials fearing that they
were Grease Yakkas.
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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. 
