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Reports from India suggests that President Mahinda Rajapaksa may take the opportunity of attending the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Scientific, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit to be held in New Delhi

Troops on the march towards Kilinochchi brought the town of Jeyapuram north east of Nachchikuda under their control this morning, says the military spokesman.

Over 200 doctors of the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital will resort to strike action Wednesday morning if the acting Director of the hospital is not removed, Government Medical Officers' Association stated today.

Presidential Advisor & MP Basil Rajapaksa will meet Indian leaders to update them on Nothern front in next few days-Foreign Minister

Heavy rains in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday (today) forced to postpone the human chain event planned by the ruling DMK to protest the alleged killings of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. The human chain event will now be held Oct 24, a party official statement said

The speaker of the Russian Federation Council, Sergei Mironov, excludes an opportunity for the 1998 financial collapse to repeat in present-day Russia. “There will be no default. I am certain that the 1998 situation will not repeat here,” Itar-Tass quoted Mironov as saying. The speaker said that Russia had saved a considerable amount of financial assets, including those in gold and currency reserves, and could therefore meet its obligations. At the same time, the official said that there were no grounds for optimism in the estimation of the current financial situation. “This is a serious crisis, and there is every reason to believe that it will be a rather long-lasting one,” Mironov said.

For the past two weeks, Kathryn Morrison and her husband have been shaken awake at night by visions of crashing stock markets and evaporating retirement plans. Harvey Goldberg liquidated his account when the Dow Jones industrial average was at 12,300, but his financial advisor persuaded him to reinvest. Since then, the Dow has fallen about 20 percent. Wealthy Americans like Morrison and Goldberg were relatively insulated from the global financial crisis until just a few months ago. Now, falling stock markets are slashing their investments, and some are even starting to panic. "I'm a little angry that I didn't trust my own gut, my own instinct to stay on the sidelines and wait," said Goldberg, 57, an executive coach who lives in Washington. "I'm angry at myself." Of course, reaction to the financial crisis differs from person to person and even from husband to wife. "My husband's approach has been 'Oh my God, I've got to sell, we're m

The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) that had reportedly appeared for the rights of some two million Indians (mostly Tamils of Indian origin) has been banned by the Malaysian government. Hindraf - reportedly a pro-LTTE organization was outlawed on the basis that it plunders the Indian community and upsets public peace. In a statement issued yesterday on the banning, Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar states that the organization had manipulated the Indian community against the government through illegal actions such as rallies and street demonstrations and has caused hatred among the Malay and Indian communities. The declaration, he said, was a result of monitoring and investigations by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) since Hindraf was formed. "As a result of the investigations, the Home Ministry, as per its authority under sections 3 and 5 of the Societies Act 1966, has declared Hindraf unlawful and detrimental to peace, public order, security and the moral v

The government is providing fuel for international shipping at concessionary rates while depriving the citizens of this country of the same privilege, says the United National Party (UNP). UNP spokesman Gayantha Karunatilleke, during a media briefing this morning charged that even though the world market prices of fuel had come down, the government is yet to pass the benefit of the reductions to Sri Lankans.

Court on Monday issued an enjoining order against Edna Chocolates against the manufacture and distribution of some of its brands of chocolates over a complaint of suspicion that it contained traces of melamine. Another popular brand of biscuits were withdrawn in the Swiss markets after authorities there had said they found traces of Melamine in the biscuits from Sri Lanka. But the Consumer Affairs Authority of Sri Lanka says there is no truth to such claims over the biscuits in Switzerland. These fears are in the aftermath of hundreds of toddlers either dying or falling ill after consuming milk foods in China and health authorities clamping down hard on testing food stuff containing milk.

In perhaps the biggest annual show of solidarity and fellowship in the Richmondites’ calendar, the Richmond College 80-90 Group holds its annual fellowship cocktail ‘Richmond Gusto 2008’ from 8.30 pm onwards at Hotel Taj Samudra’s Upper Crystal Ballroom on November 1. This mega event will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting at 7.00 pm at the same venue. Though organized by the 80-90 Group this annual event is open to all past Richmondites and their families to enjoy the reunion and share past, present and future incidents and plans.The Richmond College 80-90 Group invites all old boys and their families to this most exciting event.

Two members of the Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulihal (TMVP) were shot at by unidentified person or persons in Kalawanchikudi, Batticaloa, say police. One person died on the spot while the other had succumbed to the injuries after admittance to hospital

Deputy Minister of Agrarian Services Siripala Gamlath too has been reported injured in the Boralesgamuwa blast a short while ago, says Defence Spokesman Kehiliya Rambukwella.

One civilian dies, two injured in suicide blast in Borelasgamuwa-hospital and police official

Vinagayamoorthi Muralitheran alias Karuna Amman, the breakaway LTTE Batticaloa leader and Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) head has been appointed as an MP by the UPFA. A gazette notification has already been issued to this effect, confirmed government sources. Karuna is to take oaths tomorrow

Sri Lanka Railways engine drivers and pilots unions said their members will stage a token work stoppage from midnight today

Air Force jets bomb LTTE Pottu Amman’s intelligence Head Quarters in Kilinochchi town, at 2.30pm-SLAF Spokesman

Air Force jets attacked LTTE main Headquarters 2Km North of Killinochchi town today, Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said.