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President proposes Act of Parliament to resolve
burning issue :
Swift relief for Sakvithi, Golden Key depositors
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has assured speedy
repayments to all depositors of Golden Key/Ceylinco, Sakvithi and
other failed finance companies at a meeting he held with
representatives of depositors.
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Drop in cracker-related injuries
There was an overall drop in firecracker-related
injuries reported from Colombo and suburbs during the festive season
compared to the corresponding period of 2008. This was mainly due to
people being educated on the hazards of firecracker-related
injuries.
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JVP has forgotten past - SB
The JVP had forgotten how the UNP captured their
founder leader Rohana Wijeweera and cremated him alive, said ex-UNP
National Organiser and former Minister S. B. Dissanayake.
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Shinawatra’s alleged appointment:
Central Bank denies reports
The Central Bank denied media speculation about
the appointment of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as
advisor on economic affairs to Sri Lanka. Governor Central Bank,
Ajith Nivard Cabraal said Shinawatra was not appointed in any
capacity to Sri Lanka and added that both countries had refuted the
media reports.
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Over 100,000 NICs within next three weeks
Over 100,000 permanent NICs will be issued by
the Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) during the next
three weeks to reduce the issuing of temporary identity cards for
voters to exercise their franchise at the forthcoming Presidential
Election.
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The visiting foreign Minister of Seychelles Jean Paul Adams and Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris held bi-lateral discussions at the Foreign Ministry this evening.
Sri Lanka registered a superb 35 (five goals) points to 10 (one goal and one penalty) victory over Singapore in their Asian Five Nations Rugby Division 1 tournament match played at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, Philippines today.
Two Thai women who were pretending pregnant mothers, were apprehended while attempting to smuggle 162 cocaine tablets. 
The Government decision to increase the import tax on motor vehicles was aimed at controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the vehicle fleet of the country as excessive number of vehicles have been imported to the country during the past three years, Acting Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said today. “We had no other intention behind this move other than controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the road network”, the Minister said.
The Catholic Church today appealed to the President to halt any amendments leading to relax existing Abortion Law of the country, cautioning that such measures would aggravate the social issue and deprive children of their right to life. 
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Wednesday night that the new head of the government’s Socialist Left party (SV) has ousted veteran SV politician and former party leader Erik Solheim as the government minister in charge of both environmental and foreign aid issues.
The Department of Wildlife and Conservation (DWLC) has launched an investigation why the army shot two wild elephants in Bundala yesterday. According to environmentalists one jumbo was shot in the head and the other sustain similar gun shot injuries.
The Sri Lankan delegation, who left the country Wednesday to attend the 19th session of the United Nations Human Right Council in Geneva, Switzerland, says they have a well-organized plan to counteract the arguments against Sri Lanka.
Eight Indian fishermen from Keechankuppam fishing hamlet in Nagapattinam district sustained injuries in an alleged mid-sea attack by Lankan fishermen at midnight on Tuesday.
The UK still believes that a process led in Sri Lanka is better than one led internationally, said the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Alistair Burt, participating in a debate on the situation in Sri Lanka in the House of Commons yesterday (22).
In a new boost to Sri Lanka’s geo-textile industry and Sri Lanka’s standing as world’s largest exporter of coir fibre, a top US government agency has cleared the way for Sri Lankan made geo-textiles for two projects. 
