MR’s PCS in hot water
Over Rs 18m claimed for unregistered Trust:
The Jathika Uruma Trust, headed by Kumarasiri
Hettige, the former Parliamentary Co-ordinating Secretary (PCS) to
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is now in the eye of a storm, with an
audit query requiring an explanation about financial irregularities
amounting to Rs. 18 million,
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President’s alleged security breach:
Namal blames PSD
The CID investigation on the alleged security
breach of President Maithripala Sirisena in Angunakolapelessa is
trying to ascertain as to how the Corporal of the Army Commando
Regiment was allowed to move out of the venue without checking his
weapon after three eye witnesses confirmed that he was in possession
of a weapon at the time of detention by the STF,
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SLFP set on 250 MPs
The SLFP would continue to agitate to increase
the number of legislators to 250 to have the present 160 electorates
intact, SLFP Media Spokesman MP Dilan Perera told the Sunday
Observer yesterday.
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UNP Working Committee urges:
Dissolve Parliament now
Lashing out at the Opposition UPFA’s “concerted
efforts to undermine” the Government’s endeavour to rebuild
democracy in the country, the United National Party’s Working
Committee has called for an immediate dissolution of Parliament and
the holding of general elections,
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No Cabinet approval for Port City - Ravi K
The State-owned Chinese company that initiated
the Colombo Port City Project worth US $ 1.4 billion has failed to
produce the Cabinet approval and the vital environmental clearance
certificate on the feasibility of the project, Finance Minister Ravi
Karunanayake said.
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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. 
