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President’s call strikes responsive chord among
international community:
Tough and consistent approach against terrorism vital
* Terrorism - greatest threat to stability and
progress of nations
* Extend a hand of friendship and goodwill to Sri
Lanka, says President
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s call at the UN
General Assembly (UNGA) for a consistent approach to eradicate world
terrorism has struck a responsive chord with the international
community, especially countries facing the threat of terrorism. In a
landmark address to the UNGA on Friday,
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JVP breakaway group, forms new party
The breakaway Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)
group formed a new political party at a meeting in Biyagama, a JVP
spokesman said. The members of the Central Committee and the
Politbureau of the new party have been elected, he said. The
spokesman said that no groups can operate in a Bolshevik party such
as the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.
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LTTE extortion case - Dutch Court judgement on October 7
The judgement in the case heard in a Dutch Court
against five LTTE suspects accused of extorting money for the terror
outfit, will be delivered on October 7. “The Justice authorities in
The Netherlands are confident that they could win the case,” a
spokesperson for the Sri Lankan mission in Belgium told the Sunday
Observer .
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OBSERVER Schoolboy Cricketer of the year:
Murali to grace mega show
Celebrated Sri Lanka cricketer Muttiah
Muralitharan will grace the 33rd Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy
Cricketer of the Year mega awards presentation ceremony at the Grand
Ballroom of the Galadari Hotel, Colombo at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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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. 
