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Attempt to influence UNHRC delegates :
Expatriate LTTE cadres hell bent on revenge
Many expatriate LTTE cadres, including an NGO
activist are in Geneva canvassing support for the US-backed
resolution on Sri Lanka and are holding meetings and hosting lavish
parties in an effort to influence delegates at the UNHRC sessions,
Deputy Minister of Child Development and Women’s Affairs M.L.A.M.
Hisbullah told the Sunday Observer.
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Namal calls for stronger bilateral ties with Japan
Namal Rajapaksa, MP and Special Envoy of
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is now in Tokyo to attend the Annual Sri
Lanka Tea and Trade Promotion seminar and also hold bilateral
discussions with key Japanese dignitaries including the Special
Representative of the Government of Japan for Sri Lanka Yasushi
Akashi. MP Rajapaksa during discussions on Thursday, March 8
informed Akashi of the ongoing progress in the country and the rapid
development in the North and the East.
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Fuel subsidy – 130,000 fisher families to benefit
The Government’s fuel subsidy for fishermen
following their week-long protest in mid February is now being
provided and nearly 130,000 families will benefit, Secretary to the
Ministry of Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
Dr. Damitha de Soyza, told the Sunday Observer. The subsidy is Rs.12
per litre for diesel and Rs. 25 per litre for kerosene. It will be
augmented with an additional subsidy of 100 litres of diesel and 125
litres of kerosene for all mechanised fishing vessels as assured by
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, she said.
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City Traffic Police to ‘silence’ errant motorists
The City Traffic Police will take stern action
against motorists and motor cyclists who fix specially manufactured
silencers that release unusual noises while driving. According to a
spokesman for the Motor Traffic Department, no motorists or motor
cyclists could use silencers that release unbearable noises as it
violates the Noise Pollution Act. City Traffic Police, SSP Chula de
Silva told the Sunday Observer that vehicles with such silencers are
not permitted to ply on roads or highways on the ground that they
cause severe inconvenience to motorists and pedestrians.
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Drug abuse at big matches
The Health Ministry has focused attention on the
use of Corex-D syrup and Tramadol tablets by certain schoolboys
during the current big match season. The Health Ministry has warned
parents of young schoolboys who go to cricket grounds to be vigilant
over the behaviour of their children as they too could use such
drugs.
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Royal won the second leg by beating Trinity 13 points (one goal and two penalties) to 9 (three penalties) in the second leg of the 69th Bradby Shield encounter played at Royal rugby grounds this evening. Trinity led 6-3 at half time. 
North Western Provincial Council member Ananda Sarath Kumara had been arrested for punishing a female teacher by forcing her to kneel down, for advising his daughter over a disciplinary matter.
A Lieutenant Colonel and a Corporal attached to the Commando Regiment died while a Major sustained injuries when the Land Rover they were travelling in crashed in to an electricity tower along Thabbowa Tank in Karuwalagaswewa area this morning.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared opened the reconstructed Iranamadu airstrip in Killinochchi a short while ago. 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces, have appointed Major General Daya Rathnayake as the new Army Commander. 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed the present Army Chief General Jagath Jayasuriya as the new Chief of Defence Staff with effect from August 01, Presidential Spokesman Mohan Samaranayake, said. 
A 45-year-old man who fell off the fifth storey of an apartment block in Kirulapona succumbed to his injuries last evening, the police said. The victim named Jayapalan, an electrician by profession was attempting to fix an antenna on the fifth storey when he had fallen to his death. 
The Iranamadu runway in Killinochchi will be declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa tomorrow.Reconstructed by the Sri Lanka Air Force the runway will be open for all domestic aviation activities.
Ministry of Fisheries is to bring a new regulation making it mandatory to obtain an insurance before fishing in the sea.
Two passengers who were travelling in a trishaw sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle crashed into a bus after the driver had fallen asleep. 
DIG Vaas Gunawardena who was in the CID custody for interrogation over the alleged abduction and murder of businessman Mohammed Shyam was hospitalised following a chest pain, the CID said.The DIG had been admitted to Ward 42 of the National Hospital Colombo short while ago.
