Reports states, if anyone has cash, they could enjoy the IIFA Award ceremony and partake in all the events.  Hence many valuable and enjoyable packages had been introduced was stated.

The Election Department has decided to make fresh registrations for the voters in the Kilinochchi and Vavuniya districts. On this basis, action had been taken to visit all the houses and welfare centers in the mentioned two districts for making registrations for voters, on the forthcoming two months.

India had informed that Indian High Commissions will be opened in the towns of Jaffna and Hambantota. In the forthcoming two months, inaugurations are organized for the new office which has been decided by the Indian Government was according to high commission circle information.

Residents in Jaffna peninsula were shocked by the deafening explosions heard Monday evening intermittently for nearly an hour from the outskirts of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) High Security Zone (HSZ) in Palaali, sources in Jaffna said

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) authorities in Palaali Military Head Quarters Sunday handed over Oddakappulam St. Mary’s Church located within Valikaamam SLA High Security Zone (HSZ) to the parish priests of the

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupies around eighty percentage of agricultural land in Vanni and Jaffna peninsula in the name of High Security Zones (HSZs) and releasing this land back to the owners is the prerequisite to any attempt to explore possibilities of agricultural development in the North, representatives of agricultural organizations in Jaffna peninsula told the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Jegath Pushpakumara, Wednesday in Jaffna Secretariat where he participated in a meeting related to the development activities in the peninsula, sources in Jaffna said.

75 Sri Lankan refugees who are detained in Malaysia are continuing their hunger protest for the second conservative . The Malaysian officials had rescued the people from the boat which underwent a machine fault while it was travelling towards Australia or to New Zealand on last April 19th.

President Mahinda Rajapakse had ordered that all the displaced people in the northern province will be resettled within the next three months period, and he had ordered to close down all the welfare centers. Accordingly about 20 thousand persons from the Vavuniya area, were today resettled is according to Government Information Department.

A petition with   50 opposition parliament members’ signatories  has been forwarded to President Mahinda Rajapakse to release Sarath Fonseka. Democratic National Alliance General Secretary Vijitha Herath stated.

Sri lankan Foreign Minister G.L.Peiris urged America to concentrate on business and other opportunities in post war in Sri Lanka rather than focus only on alleged human rights abuses.  Peiris told a gathering hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

Government had informed the vehicles damaged during the war between the Government and the Tamil Eealm Liberation tigers will be repaired. Reports states massive amount of vehicles had been damaged at the confrontations held at Puthumathalan area in the Mullaitheevu district.

The American Government is granting 750 scholarships to the youths from Sri Lankan north and eastern provinces. On this basis, the International Development Organization of America had recently granted 500 scholarships for males and females in the fields of Information Technology and Telecommunication system.

Reports states another ship on board with 23 Sri Lankan crew, had been abducted by the Somalia pirates. This commercial ship which is registered at British Bermuda has been hijacked by the sea pirates. The crew were 23 Sri Lankans, Philippines and two from Syria .

Government had decided to construct four commercial zones in the north and east regions of Sri Lanka. Additional Secretary to the Trade Development Ministry W.D.Jayasinghe attended a media briefing recently and  stated this.

Indian government has exhausted 450 million rupees to the excavation of land mines in Sri Lanka. Such information was stated by the Indian High Commissioner Office informative centre.

Sri Lankans who had been detained for the past six months for ransoms by Somalia Sea Pirates were released. A Captain and two crew members were released accordingly.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama had summoned the British Acting High Commissioner in Colombo this morning to express Sri Lanka’s strong opposition towards British Foreign Secretary David Miliband attending the Global Tamil Forum Conference in London.

“The Hindu” newspaper has published a news item, that the recently arrested  Raj Rajaratnam in America,  for the   involvement of  internal trade corruption is attempting to sell a portion of his shares in Sri Lanka to collect funds towards his bail charges for his release.

Opposition party leader Ranil Wickramasinghe mentioned, the Sri Lankan political atmosphere is much complicated.  While he met the journalists at Chennai yesterday, such statement was stated by opposition leader. 

Reports inform, the highest level Senior General Sewed, would shortly visit Sri Lanka on a official visit. But official report did not publish the date of his visit to Sri Lanka, but speculations are that his trip to Sri Lanka would be on the final days of this week, and he would stay in Sri Lanka for three days.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephan Smith mentioned, Sri Lanka government has identified Alex the spokesman to the Sri Lankan migrant as the main human smuggler, but it cannot be confirmed. Eight persons from the ship had been embarked but remaining migrants are insisting Australia to accept them.

Based on the latest edition of a popular Tamil weekly, it is known that parents of LTTE leader Prabhakaran, Vellupillai and Parvathyammal are confined in the treacherously famed 'fourth floor' detention centre by the Sri Lankan army.

Reports publish, 10 women out of 250 Sri Lankan illegal migrants on board in the ship presently anchored in the Indonesian sea, has commenced hunger protest.

Opposition party Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe had stated, instead of Rajapakse government, Peoples’ government would be build and in this intention,  an expanded opposition party’s Alliance is originated was stated by Opposition Party Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe.

Reports inform, President Mahinda Rajapake had informed to grant salary increase  from January 2010.  He said the salary increase would include the months of November and December.

A soldier attached to the Kalladi Army camp bomb disposal unit was killed yesterday when a stock of mines he was attempting to defuse blew up.

A special meeting was held among the Sri Lankan Military Commander General Jagath Jayasooriya and Sri Lankan American Ambassador Petricia Punninaz. The American Embassy’s Defense Division Officer Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Smith also participated in this meeting.

Opposition Party Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe pointed out the voting against the Vote of Accounts is a contradiction to law. He mentioned, a proposal should be informed to the assembly in regard to the submission of budget proposal initially was mentioned by him. 

Reports inform another opportunity has been granted to the armed groups functioning in the eastern province, to disarm weapons. The Defense sector had decided to grant another opportunity to grant general amnesty to lay arms.

 President Mahinda Rajapakse stated there is no need for international courts and groups to make any attempts at solving Srilankan issues, stated while he attended an event in Colombo.

Sri Lankan judges and magistrates who are expected to arrive in Fiji today were denied transit visas through Australia, Fiji Times reported.

Reports inform the Tamil Nadu government has decided to spend rupees 12 crore to improve the amenities in the 115 refugee camps that shelter Sri Lankan Tamils in India. It was decided at a high level meeting convened by Chief Minister Karunanidhi today in Chennai, with Ministers.