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Senate – Already Discussed:
TNA won’t quit talks
The TNA will continue to hold talks with the
Government delegation to reach consensus on an effective and
workable solution to the grievances of people in the North and the
East and would not quit the talks under any circumstances, leader of
the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Rasavarodhayam Sampanthan MP told
the Sunday Observer.
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Govt affirms – talks not suspended
Leader of the House and Chief Negotiator in the
TNA-Government talks Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday
affirmed that they have not suspended or withdrawn from the ongoing
negotiations to find a workable framework for the devolution of
power. Responding to media reports that the Government has suspended
talks,
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North-East issue :
PSC - Govt ready to accommodate both JVP factions
The Government said it was ready to accommodate
members from both factions of the divided JVP in the proposed
Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to seek a lasting solution to
the North and the East issue. The Chief Negotiator and Minister
Nimal Siripala De Silva said the TNA, UNP and the JVP are yet to
nominate their members for the PSC.
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Trilingual program will make nation great
Sri Lanka will use the program for a trilingual
Sri Lanka to make the nation great, India’s former President Dr.
Abdul Kalam said. Dr. Kalam arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday to
participate in the launch of the Trilingual Sri Lanka initiative
program launched yesterday. 2012 has been declared as the year of
Trilingual Sri Lanka.
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Human trafficking – Lanka a transit hub
Sri Lanka has become a transit hub, a gateway to
the western hemisphere for human traffickers who smuggle men and
women from different parts of the globe via the country. Several
human smugglers operating in the country have been taken in for
questioning during the past several months, Police Media Spokesman,
SP Ajith Rohana told the Sunday Observer.
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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. 
