Former minister Prof. G.L. Peiris says he will challenge before courts the Supreme Court injunction against the release of the COPE report into the Central Bank bond issue.

The government of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had not properly investigated the fraud and corruption committed by the Rajapaksas, alleges the JVP.

Appointed by Sri Lanka Cricket to oversee security at the third ODI against Pakistan at Khettarama Stadium, Ajith Jayasekara, had been absent at the time a clash occurred between two groups of spectators, say reports reaching Sri Lanka Mirror.

(Ramanathapuram) Police arrested a former militant of the proscribed LTTE and seized 75 cyanide capsules, 300 gm of cyanide, four Global Positioning System sets and seven mobile phones at coastal Uchipulli, near here on Monday.

Northern province chief minister C.V. Vigneswaran says he has come to clearly understand the problem of the Tamils since he went to live in the north 1 ½ years ago, prompting him to speak out against the Tamil genocidal policies.