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Eradication of terrorism:
Speedy resettlement of IDPs:
President to tell world on Lanka's success story
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will brief the United
Nations on Sri Lanka’s success story in eliminating terrorism and
the country’s ambitious plans to win its second war - the economic
war to make Sri Lanka the pride of Asia, an External Affairs
Ministry spokesman told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
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PM takes charge at Karadiyanaru
Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne who visited the
blast site at Karadiyanaru has directed the Batticaloa Government
Agent to provide urgent assistance to the relatives of victims. The
Chinese Ambassador also accompanied the Prime Minister.
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Overwhelming majority in passing 18th Amendment :
Opposition MPs acted in national interest
The Government has reiterated that the
overwhelming majority in passing the 18th Amendment in Parliament
clearly demonstrates even most of the Opposition Parliamentarians
understood the need for such an Amendment in the national interest.
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CMC goes all out to avert accidents
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) will instal
more Digital Countdown Display Boards and traffic signal lights in a
bid to prevent vehicle accidents. According to the City Traffic
Police over 10-15 motor accidents are reported often at main
junctions in the city even where traffic signal lights are operated.
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One in seven Americans live in poverty
NEW YORK - The number of people living in
poverty has increased to 14.3 percent of Americans, with the ranks
of the working-age poor reaching the highest level since 1965. The
Census Bureau said that about 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were
living in poverty last year. That’s up from 39.8 million, or 13.2
percent, in 2008.
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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. 
