The official spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General said his words “spoke for themselves” when Ban Ki Moon compared the massacres in Sri Lanka to the genocides in Rwanda and Srebrenica.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Ports and Shipping stated that special attention should be paid to security concerns, during the development of Kankasanthurai (KKS) Port in Jaffna, on a recent visit to the region.

In a heated discussion in the Sri Lankan parliament on Tuesday both the government and the joint opposition debated extensively the UN Secretary General's reference to UN failings in Rwanda, Srebenica and Sri Lanka. 

The debate which centred on whether or not the UN chief had inferred a massacre of the Tamil people had taken place, illustrated agreement on one central point - both the government and the joint opposition did not believe any such massacre took place. 

The Sri Lankan military has expanded its Vanni base in recent weeks building a new bungalow for troops and a new fully pledged cook house.

The Sri Lankan prime minister on Tuesday condemnded the assault on the High Commissioner in Malaysia, Ibrahim Ansar, stating the Malaysian government was "bound to give protection". 

Sri Lanka could potentially wield 'soft power' due its strategically important location said Foreign Secretary Esala Weerakon at the conclusion of the two-day Colombo 'Defence Seminar' organised by the Sri Lankan army. 

A Sri Lankan lawyer, N Dharshana Weraduwage filed a fundamental rights petition on Monday looking to safeguard and foster the Buddha Sasana against any attacks or threats, in reaction to recent vandalism of a Buddhist statue in Mankulam, in the Northern Province. 

Thousands of Sri Lankan soldiers are taking part in a military exercise in the Tamil North-East this week, with delegates from Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA joining in.

A Muslim businessman who travelled to Trincomalee has been declared missing on Sunday evening, reports NewsFirst.

Police report that the man, identified as Mohammed Nazrin of Bandaragama, had travelled to the North-East for a gold auction. 

Last month an abducted Muslim businessman was found murdered in the South.
 

According to reports in the Sri Lankan press, the body of the former Sunday Leader editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge will be exhumed. 

Mr Wickrematunge, who was openly critical of the Rajapaksa regime, was assassinated in January 2009. 

His grave site has been guarded by police, reports Ceylon Today. 

Malaysia's envoy to Sri Lanka is to be summoned on Monday after Sri Lanka's High Commissioner was attacked by anti-Rajapaksa protesters in Malaysia this weekend. 

"The Malaysian envoy in Sri Lanka would be summoned to the Ministry this morning to register protest," the deputy foreign affairs minister, Harsha de Silva was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying. 

Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena vowed that his government would not “bow down” to international pressure, days after meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.

Speaking at the 65th anniversary of the Sri Lankan Freedom Party, Mr Sirisena told a crowd in Kurunegala that the international community would not be allowed to interfere with the “domestic affairs” of the island.

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia was reportedly assaulted by a group of protestors, amidst continued demonstrations against former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to the country.