Sri Lanka has expressed surprise at comments made by a Pakistan Minister who had claimed that the Sri Lankan authorities were not co-operating in the investigations on the Lahore attack last year

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is to get one national list slot in the UNF and possibly one more while the Democratic People’s Front (DPF) is also expected to be included in the national list, SLMC and DPF sources told Daily Mirror

The United National Party (UNP) has initiated disciplinary inquiry on Shantha Abeysekera over his involvement over the assault on UNP Puttalam District Member of Parliament elect Range Bandara, UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya said

Defeated UPFA candidate from the Galle District Geetha Kumarasingha has denied media reports which claimed that she will file legal action against her own party over her loss at the recent General Elections.

The Director of the Solis business establishment, who was arrested over his alleged connection with the son-in-law of General Sarath Fonseka, was released on bail by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate today, who also ordered that his passport be impound

Sri Lanka has called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territory saying sustainable peace could only be obtained if Israel were to withdraw from the territories back to the 1967 borders and end the blockade and illegal expansion

The former Presidential candidate and Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament, M.K.Sivajilingham is to lodge a protest with the Indian High Commission (HC) in Colombo over being deported back to Sri Lanka from Chennai

Sri Lankan national broadcaster SLBC has started relaying BBC World radio on FM band. The relaying starts the BBC English, Sinhala and Tamil programmes after a 14 month break. The BBC suspended its rebroadcast in February last year.

Pakistan’s Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters today the Sri Lanka government is not cooperating on the investigations in the attack on the Sri Lankan Cricket team in Lahore last year, The News in Pakistan reported.

A fuel storage tank used by the LTTE was discovered by a special police operations team. Police spokesman S.P Prishantha Jayakody said the underground tank was discovered in the former northern rebel stronghold of Puthukudyiruppu.

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya says the world now recognizes the strategic significance and economic potential of Sri Lanka’s lasting peace and added that it is time to forget the past and begin anew

US authorities have accounted for 14 passengers including four Sri Lankans aboard a suspected human smuggling boat that came ashore near Haulover Beach in Miami on Monday evening. They are now in U.S. Immigration custody

Former TNA Member of Parliament (MP) M.K Sivajilingam was denied entry into India today at the Chennai airport and is due to return to Sri Lanka later tonight, former MP N. Sri Kanta told Daily Mirror

The European Union (EU), while welcoming the fact that the General Elections took place in a largely calm atmosphere, noted that there were reports of incidents on election day and called for appropriate action to investigate them

Gale force winds lashed Kuruwita in Ratnapura damaging over 20 houses, the Dissaster Management Center said. However the Dissaster Management Center said that there were no reports of loss of life or injuries caused to anyone

The Department of Meteorology says the extreme heat being experienced in Sri Lanka is a result of the sun being directly over the country. This weather will continue till the end of this week and will be experienced even at night

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has greeted Sri Lanka as they celebrate the first post war Sinhala and Tamil New Year. She noted that Lankans from all parts of the island can celebrate together in a peaceful and united count

India has once again sought permission from the Sri Lankan authorities to question the financier of the LTTE Selvarasa Pathmanathan (KP) on the conspiracy angle in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake noted that one of the things about the recent elections was that hardline Sinhalese nationalist parties took a severe beating. He added that the polls pave the way to unify the nation

Sri Lanka rugby player Samantha Lakshan had been detained by the Singapore Police today for shoplifting and would be sent back to Sri Lanka tomorrow by the Sri Lanka team management

The names of the Members of Parliament elected at the General Elections, apart from those from Kandy and Trincomalee were to be gazetted tonight. The names of 117 UPFA members, 46 UNP, 12 TNA and 5 DNA were to be gazetted

Notorious underworld figure Pottu Naufar was injured and admitted to hospital after being assaulted by two inmates of the Bogambara prison this evening, Prisons Chief Major General VR Silva told Daily Mirror online.

The Foreign Employment Bureau has taken steps to bring back 92 Sri Lankan domestic workers from safe houses in the Middle East on Wednesday at the total expense of the Sri Lankan authorities, Deputy General Manager of the Bureau, L. K. Ruhunage sa

A special police team in civics will be deployed in the City for the Singhalese (Avurudhu) and Tamil New Year to protect the shoppers and public during the first post war celebrations, police spokesman S.P Jayakody told Daily Mirror online

The Colombo Fort Magistrate has ordered Democratic National Alliance (DNA) members including Vijitha Herath, Arjunan Ranatunga and Anoma Fonseka to appeared before the Fort police and make a statement for violating election laws

EPDP leader Douglas Devananda, who secured the most number of preferential votes in the Jaffna district, today assured that gradually all the High Security Zones (HSZ) in the peninsula will be removed as there is no more a security threat

Five people were arrested by the Valachchenei police for allegedly stealing Rs.4.6 million worth of jewelry and money by entering a house that belongs to a leading businessman in the area. The suspects had also damaged property

A of 27 year old man from Sri Lanka was found dead at his home in Venice, Italy and police say he had been shot dead, IRIS Press reported today. The lifeless body of the man was found by police who were alerted by some of his Lankan friends. .

Troops have unearthed documents as well as a photo album of LTTE leader Vellupiilai Prabhakran who was killed last year. The military says the album, recovered during search operations in the North over the weekend, contained 30 photographs.

A UNP member and four others were remanded this afternoon over the assault on UNP Puttalam District Parliament Member elect Palitha Range Bandara till 23 April. President Rajapaksa has assured maximum medical attention for Bandara