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‘A bold reply to those who betrayed the country’:
My victory, a triumph for all - President
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that his
resounding victory at Tuesday’s presidential election was not a
personal victory but a triumph for everybody who loves the country.
Addressing media heads for the first time at Temple Trees, after his
re-election with a landslide victory at the presidential election,
President Rajapaksa said all loyal and patriotic forces worked
tirelessly towards the UPFA’s success.
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Second only to China:
Sri Lanka ranked eighth fastest growing economy - EIU
Sri Lanka received major world recognition when
it was ranked as the eighth fastest growing economy in the world by
the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of the United States. The EIU
said that Sri Lanka’s economic growth would be second only to China.
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Govt reiterates pledge to develop N-E
The Government has reiterated that it will
continue its efforts to develop the North and the East. Prime
Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake told the Sunday Observer that the
Mahinda Rajapaksa Government, which saved those in the North and the
East from LTTE terror, will continue to give priority and pump more
money to develop the North and the East though they had voted for
the Opposition.
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Southern Buddhist pilgrims throng Nagadeepa
The Jaffna peninsula is attracting a large
number of local tourists from Southern areas and the historic
Nagadeepa Vihara in the Nagadeepa isle. Jaffna, witnessed a record
number of Buddhist pilgrims on Friday, Full Moon Day, informed
sources said.
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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. 
