DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST MR?
30 SLFP MPs found guilty of violating Party
discipline:
Disciplinary Committee given full authority
to take action:
MPs making statements on dividing SLFP to be
investigated:
The Disciplinary Committee of the Sri Lanka
Freedom Party (SLFP) will initiate action against 30 MPs for
violating party discipline. The SLFP Central Committee, when it met
on Friday, decided to delegate full authority to the Disciplinary
Committee of the party to take action against MPs breaching party
discipline, irrespective of their positions in the party.
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Adverse electronic media comments on female opera
singer:
Prime Minister warns of stern action
The government will not hesitate to take stern
action against any media organisations that attack individuals and
continue with unethical practices, Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremesinghe warned in response to recent adverse electronic media
comments on an opera singer. “Media institutions are not properties
of their owners. They belong to the citizens of the country, of
which nearly 52 percent are women.
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Seeking PM’s intervention ‘shameful’:
Identity crisis in UPFA
Deputy Speaker Thilanga Sumathipala said it was
a shame that a group of members elected to Parliament from the UPFA
is seeking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s intervention, to
resolve an internal matter relating to their identity within the
UPFA. The Prime Minister told Parliament on Wednesday (February 10)
he had to talk to President Maithripala Sirisena.
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Sampur to get green light
The Central Environment Authority(CEA) after a
lapse of over a year has finally granted approval under stringent
conditions to implement the Trincomalee (Sampur) Thermal Power Plant
project. Prof. Lal Dharmasiri, CEA Chairman told the Sunday Observer
that approval for the Environment Impact Assessment report,
submitted in January was granted conditional approval.
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SF enjoying dual privileges
JVP concerned, calls for new regulations:
JVP Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath raised an
issue of concern over the dual privileges enjoyed by the newly
appointed MP and leader of Democratic Party, Field Marshal Sarath
Fonseka. Fonseka already enjoys a high level of privileges
equivalent to ministerial perks afforded for his rank as Field
Marshal.
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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. 
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. 
