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Raising funds through illegal means:
International crackdown on Tiger activities
International investigations are under way by the
Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany to crack down on LTTE
activities, specially its international financial network, by which
it is still raising funds through illegal means. Intelligence
sources told the Sunday Observer that the government is engaged at
diplomatic level with these and other countries in the European
Union to expose the LTTE’s financial network.
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Attacks on Sri Lankan pilgrims:
No impact on neighbourly ties
The recent attacks on Sri Lankan pilgrims in
Chennai were perpetrated by certain pro-LTTE political hardliners to
seek publicity and these incidents have had no impact whatsoever on
the traditional neighbourly relations between the two countries,
Deputy Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera told the Sunday
Observer.
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‘Resettled families doing well’:
Vavuniya GA refutes Tamil media reports
Vavuniya GA P.S.M. Charles has strongly refuted
reports in some sections of the Tamil media alleging that the health
of a large number of families who have been resettled in the Wanni
is in a precarious condition and are facing the threat of death,
after the Government’s relief assistance was discontinued.
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All set for CPA confab next year
The Parliament of Sri Lanka has already laid the
ground work for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)
Conference at the BMICH next year from September 7-15, Speaker
Chamal Rajapaksa told the Sunday Observer. An organising committee
under the chairmanship of Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody and an
Advisory Panel comprising Party Leaders under his chairmanship have
been appointed, he said.
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Pottuvil calm after the high drama
The situation in Pottuvil has been brought under
control following the shooting incident after police opened fire on
a mob in Pottuvil killing one person, a senior police officer told
the Sunday Observer. The mob had protested against the arrest of six
persons who attacked officials conducting a census of wild
elephants. The people had attacked the officials fearing that they
were Grease Yakkas.
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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. 
