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Scanners find high concentration of Cobalt 60 :
Container of radioactive goods seized at Colombo Port
Sri Lanka Customs has detained a container load
of highly radioactive stainless steel and aluminium household
articles imported from India. Tests conducted by the Atomic Energy
Authority of Sri Lanka have determined that the goods (125 items)
unloaded at the Colombo Port on Thursday contained high
concentrations of Cobalt 60, a radioactive substance usually used to
treat cancer.
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Fleet of ships deployed:
Navy steps up patrolling in coastal areas
The Sri Lanka Navy has deployed its fleet of
ships and its resources to patrol all 'vulnerable' coastal areas
that could be used by illegal immigrants as the illegal immigrants
bound for Australia were reported from many coastal areas in the
country during the past few weeks, Navy Spokesman Commander Kosala
Warnakulasuriya told the Sunday Observer.
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Caught hiding in luxury apartment with mistress:
Wanted drug kingpin in police net
The second most wanted drug dealer who had been
evading arrest for several years was apprehended on Friday night by
a team of policemen led by the OIC, Inspector Duminda Balasuriya of
the Walana Vice Squad at Panadura, On the direction of SSP, Walana
Vice Squad, Palitha Fernando, the Vice Squad surrounded his house on
Friday evening, police sources told the Sunday Observer.
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Envoys free to witness country’s development
The Government maintains cordial relations with
the US and other Western countries and welcomes visits of any of
their envoys or representatives as observers of the development
under way, but would not heed to pressure from any of them on what
and how soon the Government should act on any of those issues, Media
Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told the Sunday
Observer.
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Niroshan crowned
Niroshan Dickwella of Trinity College was
crowned Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year at the 34th Observer-Mobitel
Schoolboy Cricketer mega awards ceremony at the Galadari Hotel Brand
Ballroom last week. He received his glittering trophy from former
Sri Lanka captain and current batting coach of the Sri Lanka
national team Marvan Atapattu.
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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. 
