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‘Fisheries Harbour Corp funds used for election
rally’:
Presidential Commission to expose mega frauds
Government funds may have been used to organize a
public rally in support of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s
presidential bid in December last year, according to evidence now
being led at the hearings of the Special Presidential Commission of
Inquiry into Large Scale Corruption and Fraud, which began hearings
in Colombo, last Thursday morning. No proper procedure seems to have
been followed in these dealings, according to testimony.
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August 17 polls:
Ex LTTErs to uphold democracy
LTTE ex-combatants running for the August 17
parliamentary polls would work on the principles of democracy,
brotherhood and compromise with their Southern counterparts,
shunning violence, the Administrative Head of their political party
Rasiah Kirubhakaran alias Kadir told the Sunday Observer.
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Secret pacts won’t solve Tamil problems – Douglas
The problems of the Tamils cannot be solved
through secret pacts signed with other political parties like the
TNA had done and the attempts to address the Tamil issues should
always be open to the Sinhala community in the South if such
attempts are to be successful, EPDP leader and former Minister
Douglas Devananda said.
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Bodu Bala Sena says no to controversial personality
The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) now converted itself
into the Bodu Jana Peramuna (BJP) has denied candidacy to a
controversial personality who has now joined the Jana Setha Peramuna
(JSP), headed by Ven. Bellanwila Seelarathana Thera. Vijitha Rohana
Wijemuni, the Naval Rating who rifle-assaulted visiting Indian Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi on July 27, 1987 during a presidential guard
of honour in Colombo,
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Tiran’s case on July 22
The case filed in the Supreme Court by the
police Special Investigations Unit (SIU) against former
parliamentarian and RADA Chairman Tiran Alles and others will be
taken up on July 22. In this case, the SIU sleuths are investigating
the Rs. 169 million missing Treasury allocations for tsunami
reconstruction in LTTE controlled areas in 2006.
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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. 
