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‘Lifting Emergency will further endear him to
public’ :
President’s leadership role endorsed by 91 percent of Lankans -
Gallup poll
Ninety-one percent of Sri Lankans have endorsed
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s performance in office in the two years
following the defeat of LTTE terrorism, an independent poll
conducted by Gallup has revealed. “President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s
decision last week to lift the country’s 28-year-old state of
emergency,
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Weiss to address pro-LTTE forum
Gordon Weiss, a former spokesperson of the UN
Office in Colombo, who is accused of having spoken adversely on Sri
Lanka on many occasions, has been invited to attend a forum by Sri
Lankans Without Borders, a group headed by former spokesperson Vijy
Sappani of the Canadian Tamil Congress, an alleged LTTE front.
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Vast development in Colombo:
City folk will vote for change at LG polls
UPFA General Secretary and Petroleum Industries
Minister Susil Premajayantha said that the Government is confident
that the voters in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area will
vote for a change at the forthcoming Local Government polls as they
can witness the vast development taking place in the Colombo city.
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Colombo, a city of excellence :
Milinda’s policy statement tomorrow
The policy statement of the UPFA Mayoral
candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council, Milinda Moragoda which
aims at making Colombo a city of excellence will be launched
tomorrow at 10.30 am at the Mahaweli Centre. The 12 point policy
statement which includes a 100 day program,
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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. 
