No vote on US Resolution
Adoption unanimous:
FM to attend debate on September 30:
The US Resolution on Sri Lanka scheduled to be
moved in the UN Human Rights Council shortly after the report of the
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is tabled,
will not be taken up for vote, but adopted unanimously.
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President Sirisena to meet John Kerry
President Maithripala Sirisena will meet US Secretary of State John
Kerry today (27) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New
York, a Ministry Spokesperson said yesterday. Unconfirmed reports
said a one-on-one between President Sirisena and US President Barack
Obama is likely to take place during the UNGA, but the spokesperson
said they haven’t been informed of such a meeting as of Saturday.
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Independent Commissions:
CC to shortlist nominees
Over 200 nominations received :
The newly constituted Constitutional Council (CC), which convened on
September 23 is expeditiously make appointments to the independent
commissions for their urgent reactivation. After the appointment of
its 10 members, the CC was convened by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya,
where it was decided to shortlist the nominations received for
chairpersons and members of the independent commissions when the
Council is reconvened on October 9.
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Delimitation of wards completed
Report to be published next week :
Political parties will get an opportunity to make observations on
the demarcation of wards with regard to respective local authority
areas once the gazette on the wards system is published within the
next few days, Secretary Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local
Government H.T. Kamal Pathmasiri told the Sunday Observer.
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JVP wants Bill streamlining subject allocations
A Parliamentary Act should be introduced to streamline the process
of allocating Cabinet ministries and for the scientific allocation
of subjects under the purview of such ministries, Leader of the
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and Chief Opposition Whip, Anura Kumara
Dissanayake, 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. 
