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Charges warrant dismissal:
PSC finds Chief Justice guilty
The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) having
examined the verbal and written evidence against Chief Justice
Shirani Bandaranayake has found her guilty of charges 1, 4 and 5.
The PSC does not find her guilty of charges 2 and 3 due to lack of
sufficient evidence. The committee has further decided that in view
of the very grave nature of the charges. 1, 4 and 5 it will be a
futile exercise to seek evidence to convict her on charges 2 and 3.
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700,000 commuters inconvenienced :
Rail strike incurs Rs 10 million loss
Over 700,000 commuters from all parts of the
country were prevented from travelling to the Colombo Fort and
Maradana railway stations due to the rail strike on Friday. The
Railway Department incurred a Rs. 10 million loss following the
24-hour strike launched by members of 10 trade unions of the
Professional Trade Union Alliance (PTUA) of the Department. The
one-day strike stranded at least 70 percent office workers employed
in state and private sector offices in Colombo,
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Tab on touts, taxi drivers and other
undesirables:
Tourist police stations soon to prevent harassment
The Police Department will set up tourist police
stations in areas where a large number of tourists congregate and
investigate complaints of those holidaying in the country. “Top
priority will be given to tourist-related issues in the near future
due to the tourists influx into the country from Western Europe, UK,
Middle East and India , a senior police officer told the Sunday
Observer.
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TNA to hold fresh talks soon
The Tamil National Alliance TNA will hold fresh
talks soon with the Government heeding President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s
request to return to the negotiating table. Parliamentarian M.A.
Sumanthiran told the Sunday Observer that they would take part in
discussions with the Government. At tea, during the Budget speech,
the President called upon them to return to the negotiating table to
sort out important issues,
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Loudspeakers taboo near GCE (OL) exam centres
The Examinations Department has warned
organisers of functions and other ceremonies to refrain from using
loudspeakers in the vicinity of over 4,000 GCE (OL) examination
centres countrywide as it would disturb, students sitting the
examination from December 11, Tuesday.
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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. 
