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Post conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction
activities:
Tamil intellectuals, ex-militant sympathisers to assist Govt
A group of nine Tamil intellectuals including
former prominent militant sympathisers who had been operating
internationally for the militant outfit along with Pathmanathan (Kumaran),
the former head of the LTTE’s activities abroad said they would
assist in the post conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction
activities in the country.
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Prices of essential items could drop with Govt intervention-
Johnston
The Government should intervene in the import of
essential items as prices could be reduced by about 15 percent, said
Cooperatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando. The
cutoff point of the prices should be decided on by the public sector
and it should not continue to be the monopoly of the private sector.
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President tells younger generation:
Change your attitude first
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday called
upon the younger generation to work hard with the objective of
developing their motherland, which will enable all citizens to live
in peace and harmony under one flag. The President made these
remarks at the awards ceremony of the ‘Mother Sri Lanka’ schools
program held at “Temple Trees” yesterday.
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Bhanuka crowned king
Sri Lanka Youth player and star Royal batsman
Bhanuka Rajapakse was crowned the Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy
Cricketer of the Year at the Mega Awards Show at the BMICH on
Monday. Romesh Buddhika of Mahinda College, Galle was the runner-up
in the All-Island Category.
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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. 
