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Death toll rises to 27:
High-powered committee to probe Welikada Prison violence
The Government yesterday appointed a
three-member high-powered committee to probe the violence at the
Welikada Prison which led to the death of 27 inmates on Friday
evening. The police deployed a special CID team to probe the
incident, which also left several police personnel injured.
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More job opportunities for Lankans outside ME
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
(SLBFE) will train Lankan males and females for lucrative jobs
outside the Gulf Region from next year. According to Bureau
statistics, out of 1.7 million Sri Lankan migrant workers, 80
percent are currently employed in the Middle East. The Foreign
Employment Promotion and Welfare Ministry recently signed Memorandam
of Understanding (MoU) with internationally recognised companies in
Italy, China, Australia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Azerbaijan and Korea
to send a large number of Sri Lankans,
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Parithy, one of Sri Maha Bodhi attackers
The LTTE leader, Parithy, killed in France on
Friday was a member of the terrorist group that carried out the Sri
Maha Bodhi attack where 146 Buddhist devotees and bhikkhus were
massacred on May 14, 1985, Head of International Centre for
Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) at Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore Prof. Rohan Gunaratna said.
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CIA Director resigns over affair
CIA Director David Petraeus has resigned from
his post, admitting he had an extra-marital affair. Petraeus
described his behaviour as “unacceptable” for the leader of the
nation’s main intelligence agency. Unnamed officials said Petraeus
had an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. Petraeus became
CIA boss in 2011 after heading international forces in Iraq and
later in Afghanistan.
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NASA tests galactic Internet system
NASA and the European Space Agency have tested a
prototype system that may one day help enable Internet-like
communications between Earth and robots on another planet. Astronaut
Sunita Williams, commander of the International Space Station’s
current Expedition 33 mission,
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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. 
