UNP Puttalam District Member of Parliament Palitha Range Bandara says he is fed up with his party and has decided to boycott party events and meetings. However he says he has not decided to quit the party.

A group of tourists, including 15 civil defence force personnel, visiting the Wilpattu national park assaulted two park guides and two drivers and also damaged two jeeps. The Nochiyagama police said they had received a complaint over the incident

UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon has called for accountability in Sri Lanka with the end of the war and said he will go ahead with forming an expert panel to advice him on human rights issues in Sri Lanka.

Malaysia will once again offer transit travelers from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh a chance to visit the country without the need for a visa, Deputy Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said, Malaysian media reported

The second Court Martial probing into charges, related to General Sarath Fonseka’s alleged violation of military procurement procedures, resumed its sittings today and the Defence Counsel as well as prosecutors made their submissions

The epidemiology unit of the health ministry says there was no outbreak of any water borne disease so far as a result of the heavy rain and flooding experienced in many parts of the country

The whereabouts of over 12,000 people in the North who were either arrested, abducted or went missing during the war is still not known, the relatives of those missing people said today and urged the government to intervene.

Relatives of a man who died while in police custody this morning have raised suspicion over the circumstances which led to his demise despite the police claiming he died of a heart attack. VIDEO

Sri Lanka has asked UN Chief Ban Ki-moon not to interfere in its internal affairs and not to go ahead with the probe into alleged war crimes by its army against the defeated LTTE, amidst an international clamor by rights groups

A day old baby was found alive by a couple dumped inside a cesspit in Eheliyagoda and was taken to the Eheliyagoda hospital and from there to the Awissawela hospital for further treatment. The police have launched investigations

The son-in-law of General Sarath Fonseka, Dhanuna Tilakaratne is still hiding in Sri Lanka and has not fled the country as was speculated at times, police spokesman Priyashantha Jayakody told Daily Mirror online

The Ayurvedic Department has informed the Mirihana police to crackdown on illegal Ayurvedic massage centers operating under the guise of spas without a valid license, Ayurvedic Commissioner Ramani Gunawardena said.

President Mahinda Rajapakse will present his government's first draft of proposed solutions to Indian Premier Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi in June, government sources have said.

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At least 10 people were injured following a grenade attack on a house in Rakwana this evening, police spokesman Priyashantha Jayakody told Daily Mirror online adding that the attack was a result of a personal dispute.

Despite earlier reports that the monsoon was beginning to ease out and an improvement was expected in the inclement weather conditions, the Department of Meteorology says isolated showers are expected this evening and tomorrow.

The government says a UN report which, in a section on Sri Lanka, mentions abuses committed by the LTTE during the final stages of the war has come a little too late and proves that the world body is not pious as it had claimed to be

The Defence Ministry has issued a warning to pavement hawkers with unauthorized structures to remove their belongings within a stipulated deadline. The warning was issued to illegal pavement hawkers in the Ratnapura town.

An internal study regarding how International Non-governmental organizations (INGO) and local Non-governmental organizations (NGO) operate in Sri Lanka is currently being conducted by the relevant authorities.

A report by UN Secretary General Ban-ki moon notes in a section on Sri Lanka that the LTTE had forcibly cut the hair of girls trying to flee the conflict during the last stages of the war to mislead the military into thinking they were Tiger cadre

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has employed prisoners to assist with the road development work underway in the City in preparation for the Indian International Film Awards to be staged in Sri Lanka early next month.

Sri Lanka received a boost in its efforts to regain the GSP plus trade benefits with the European Union noting significant improvements in the island following the end of the war and indicating it will continue negotiations on the GSP plus issue.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) claims its members led by party leader R. Sambanthan were refused entry to the Chetikulam IDP camp when they visited the area in Vavuniya this morning.

The skies over Sri Lanka have begun to clear in most parts of the country with the monsoon beginning to recede, according to the Department of Meteorology. However there is a threat of sudden heavy showers in some parts of the country

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka for a two day visit on the 26th of May. Haruhiko Kuroda was re-elected as the  President of the ADB in 2006 for a new five-year term.

At least 158 people were confirmed dead in an Air India plane crash in southern India early on Saturday, officials said. The accident occurred when the plane overshot the runway of the airport serving the city of Mangalore in Karnataka state.

External Affairs Minister G.L.Peiris is to visit the United States next week for bilateral talks with the US government, Foreign Ministry sources told Daily Mirror online this evening adding that he will meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

A total of 20 people have been killed as of today as a result of the floods experienced in many parts of the island over the last few days, an official at the DMC told Daily Mirror online. The most number of deaths are from Gampaha

The first court martial which was suspended by the Appeal Court earlier this month was permitted to resume sittings, when the case was taken up for hearing today. The court martial is probing charges that Fonseka conspired against the President

The UNP Working Committee today approved the reforms committee report which includes recommendations that all the top positions except the posts of Treasurer and General Secretary should be appointed by election among the party members