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Opposition still undecided:
Political parties finalise nominations
With the dissolution of Parliament on February 9,
all political parties are now finalising their nominations for the
parliamentary elections slated for April 8. The nominations will be
accepted from February 19-26.
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Elections Dept ready for parliamentary polls
The Elections Department is making arrangements
for the smooth conduct of the parliamentary elections to elect 225
Members to the legislature on April 8, after the dissolution of
Parliament by President Mahinda Rajapaksa from February 9.
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Civilian deaths:
Gordon Weiss’ comment a false utterance - Mahinda Samarasinghe
Minister of Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe
refuting former UN spokesman in Colombo, Gordon Weiss’s comment
about civilian deaths during the final stages of the war against
LTTE terrorism, said that no one should take serious note on his
disclosure as it was a false utterance.
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No demos in and around Court complex - Chief Justice
Chief Justice Asoka de Silva said that no one
should be allowed to conduct any demonstration or protest campaign
in and around the Court Complex. The Chief Justice made this
observation during the proceedings of General Sarath Fonseka’s
Fundamental Rights application on Friday.
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Airbus A380 to touch down at BIA
For the first time in Sri Lanka’s aviation
history, the world’s largest passenger airliner, Airbus A380 has
been granted permission to land at the Bandaranaike International
Airport (BIA).
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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. 
