The government has indicated that they intend signing an Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement with India this month, says former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in a statement. Neither the Parliament, nor the general public have been officially informed about the contents of this proposed agreement. From the draft that has been unofficially released to professional associations by Minister Malik Samarawickrema, we gather that the proposed ETCA is not a detailed document but only a framework agreement which would leave the specific details on the trade in goods, trade in services and investment to be worked out later.

Sri Lanka's police on Sunday re-introduced war-time road blocks and random checks on vehicles following a surge in gang-related shootings in the capital, a spokesman said.

Can a docu-drama that was aired in Sri Lanka be banned in India on the grounds that it may sour relations with the island nation? The censor board thinks yes, but the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) says: Of course not.

When former Sri Lankan minister Douglas Devananda stood trial on Saturday for a 30-year-old murder case pending against him and nine others, he became the first foreign VIP to face trial in an Indian court for a grave criminal offence.