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

The ruling UPFA which won the April 8 General Election, today urged the international community to respect the mandate given to the party by the people at the recent polls and not engage in attempts to disrupt the governing process

A Swiss national married to a Tamil man was found hanging on a rope this morning after allegedly committing suicide in Jaffna. She had reportedly hanged herself last night and her body was discovered together with a note this morning.

The army says it has yet to get instructions from the relevant authorities on releasing detained General Sarath Fonseka to attend the new parliament when it reconvenes later this month after he won a seat at the General Elections

A woman wanted by the police for nine incidents involving theft and other criminal activities in Seeduwa was arrested during a raid by a special team this morning, according to Police media spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody.

UNP Puttalam district MP elect Range Bandara, who was brutally attacked yesterday, underwent an operation at the Colombo National hospital last night and is now recovering at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital

A political party which is to be launched in Tamil Nadu next month by film director Seemanis is expected to toe the line of the LTTE and the party’s flag closely resembled the rebels’ Tiger insignia barring the twin rifles in th

UNP Puttalam District candidate and former MP Palitha Range Bandara, who contested at the 2010 General Elections, was assaulted this evening and has been admitted to hospital. Five people including a UNP member have been arrested