In a major speech delivered in New Delhi on 12 September, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa reached out to the Tamil community and said that the war of 2009 was against terrorism of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and not against the community.

Deputy Solicitor General (DSG), President’s Counsel (PC) Yasantha Kodagoda yesterday (13), informed Colombo Fort Chief Magistrate, Lanka Jayaratne, that the Attorney General’s Department has come across evidence to suggest that 102 vouchers containing primary dealer Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) money given to other parties, through the W.M. Mendis and Company, had been destroyed.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday (10), informed Additional Magistrate Mount Lavinia (MTL), Lochana Abeywickrema that they will need to once again record statements from former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former Army Commander Field Marshal and Minister Sarath Fonseka in connection with the journalist Keith Noyahr, abduction and assault case.

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven.Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera has been transferred back to the Prisons Hospital from the Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital yesterday.

Strongly refuting the criticisms by some retired army officials who claimed that they were not content with the battle alertness of the Army at present, the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) says that as a professional army it was taking all measures to prevent any resurgence of warfare.

The Constitutional Council yesterday (7), gave the National Police Commission (NPC) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara 14 days to solve all disputes between them.

The Attorney General (AG) has instructed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take legal action against former State Minister of Children and Women’s Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran for allegedly making statements to the effect that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam should be re-established and thereby allegedly causing disharmony amongst the ethnic communities.

The Rehabilitated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Party yesterday (4) said that Bodu Bala Sena’s General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera should be released soon. Speaking at a meeting, members of the Party opined that the monk had always acted in favour of the public.

A total of 62,338 Sri Lankans are currently on the country’s blacklist and are prevented from leaving the country, unless they obtain prior Court approval, senior State intelligence sources revealed yesterday.