The provincial council representative for Mullaitivu, T. Ravikaran, held a vigil at his constituency office this morning, for the victims of the Sencholai Massacre.
Vijayakala Maheswaran, the UNP parliamentarian and State Minister for Women’s and Children’s Affairs, has remarked that identifying and slaughtering LTTE cadres would not be questioned.
Sri Lankan artists are to begin a Sathyagraha campaign this week urging the government to fulfill the promises it made to the public.
"The certain significant marks of the previous regime is visible in the present government and it is the public's duty to force the present government to get back into the right track," film director Dharmasiri Bandaranayake was quoted by Colombo Page as saying.
The decomposed body of a man was found on Saturday within at Mani Arasan lake in Kinniya, Trincomalee, Batti News reports.
The identity of the man remains unknown. However, local police have said a missing persons complaint was filed three days earlier after a cowherd did not return home.
The Sri Lankan police have established a special police unit focussed on gathering information for organised crimes, Colombo Page reported.
The unit will be located within the premises of the Special Task Force.
Members of the public who provide 'accurate information' related to organised crimes and drug trafficking will be provided a financial reward, the paper added.
The Sri Lankan government has pledged to build 2500 houses in Mullaitivu district as part of the 'Samata Sevana' national housing scheme.
The chairman of the Housing Development Authority was quoted by Colombo Page as saying the houses would be complete within two months and will cost Rs 12.5 million.
One thousands houses are being built in Vavuniya, the paper stated.
A concert set to take place in Jaffna featuring Tamil Nadu-based singer Unnikrishnan was cancelled after threats from supporters of EPDP leader, Douglas Devananda.
Posters saying the singer had insulted Douglas and could not “sing on our soil” until he had apologised, were pasted on promotional walls all over Jaffna town.
Organisers cancelled the Jaffna concert planned for Friday night, fearing disturbances from EPDP supporters.
Sri Lanka is to make its fuel pricing system reflect international prices said the Finance Ministry in a statement today.
“The finance minister Manglaa Samaraweera will be introducing pricing formulae to reflect international prices and give the benefit to consumers,” said State Minister for Finance Eran Wickramaratne.
The General Secretary of the Asgiriya Chapter warned the Sri Lankan government that it had failed to heed the advice given by the chief monks of the island’s three major Buddhist orders, reports The Island.
The Sri Lankan Air Force celebrated the 6th anniversary of establishing bases in Mullaitivu and Iranamadu last week, with a series of events in the Tamil North-East.
Sri Lanka is to review an US$ 205 million Indian investment proposal to operate Sri Lanka’s second international airport in the southern town of Mattala, reports The Hindu.
The building and expansion of two Buddhist shrines in close proximity to Hindu temples in Point Pedro has left locals fearing further Sinhalisation of their area.
India's minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj held a meeting on Friday with Sri Lanka's State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vasantha Senanayake in Kathmandu.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).
Mr Senanayake represented Sri Lanka after the country's foreign minister was forced to resign over corruption allegations.
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