Carlton Sports Network is said to be among the TV channels who have made bids to secure TV rights of local cricket matches played by the Sri Lankan cricket team.

Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda has requested the government that he, who led the Navy during the war, too should be promoted as Admiral of the fleet if Gen. Sarath Fonseka, who led the Army to militarily defeat the LTTE is promoted to the rank of Field Marshal, reports say.

The good governance regime has decided to promote Gen. Sarath Fonseka, leader of the Democratic Party, to the ranking of a Field Marshal and grant him privileges and powers of a cabinet minister, according to reports reaching Sri Lanka Mirror.

The Government of Japan today (11) extended grants to two livelihood enhancement projects implemented for war affected communities in Mullaitivu and Trincomalee under the Grants Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project scheme (GGP).

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the party ‘lost its balance’ following its request to use heavy artillery notwithstanding the damage to civilians during the war.

The CWE had imported sports equipment worth Rs. 1.5 million from India to be distributed freely during the election campaign of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, reports say.