ICG takes Sri Lanka to task?
The International Crisis Group (ICG) will publish
a report calling for an international inquiry into alleged war
crimes in Sri Lanka. They have sought information from Sarath
Fonseka, the former Commander of the Army but none of the
allegations framed by the ICG curiously touches Fonseka except to
state that he was informed but they have named and charged the
present Commander Jagath Jayasuriya with specific allegations.
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President to address G-15 Summit tomorrow
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will lead Sri
Lanka’s delegation at the G-15 Summit in Tehran tomorrow. Heads of
State of Government from 17 other countries will also participate.
Iran’s top presidential advisors prepared a draft resolution for the
14th G-15 Summit, which was scheduled to be held yesterday.
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Tiger fund-raiser jailed in Canada
A judge sentenced a Tiger fund-raiser to six
months in jail in Vancouver on Friday after the man pleaded guilty
to raising money in Canada to help support the Tigers in Sri Lanka.
“This is a serious offence,” said Justice Robert Powers, noting the
“great harm to all Sri Lankans” from the violence of the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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Rains to continue:
Beware of thunder showers, warns Met Dept
The Meteorology Department (MET) has warned
people living in low lying areas which are prone to floods and
earthslips to beware of thunder showers which are now being
experienced in many parts of the country.
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Expand varsity education facilities -UGC chairman
While improving the quality of university
education in Sri Lanka the facilities for university education which
are limited to 22,000 admissions to 14 State universities annually
must be expanded, said UGC chairman Prof. Gamini Samaranayake.
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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. 
