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Eschew imported solutions, foreign influences:
PSC, best forum to resolve national question
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday reiterated
that the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) was the best forum to
resolve the national question and called upon all parties to
participate in the PSC rather than relying on imported solutions and
foreign influences. He was addressing the nation at the 64th
Independence Day commemoration in Anuradhapura.
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President opens Deyata Kirula exhibition
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday opened the
sixth Deyata Kirula national exhibition at Oyamaduwa in the Maha
Villachchiya Divisional Secretariat in Anuradhapura. It will be open
to the public till February 10. The exhibition site is on a 600-acre
land. The exhibition consists of over 1,000 stalls run by government
ministries, private sector agencies and the Security Forces.
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Prophet’s teachings will help in Lanka’s forward march
By reflecting on the teachings of the Holy
Prophet Mohammed, we all can look forward to building a new Sri
Lanka of tolerance, understanding and reconciliation which will no
doubt help in Sri Lanka’s forward march, said President Mahinda
Rajapaksa in his message to mark Milad-un-Nabi, the birth of the
Holy Prophet Mohammed today.
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Lankan driver aims at ‘World’s Toughest Trucker’
Eight truck drivers from six countries will put
their driving skills to the test in a new eight-episode Discovery
Channel series,World’s Toughest Trucker, premiering on Monday,
February 13, in the United States. The series will be shown in Asia
soon. The new series features eight truck drivers from the United
States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia and Sri Lanka.
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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. 
