After hearing about a praying centre where the Buddhist are converted to other religions the Ravna Balaya members organisation had raided a place at Obeysekara  Pura Rajagiriya.  The Welikada Police had prevented any harm been done owing to their interference.

The convener of the Ravana Balaya organisation Iththtkande Saddhatissa thera and several monks had gone to this praying centre. The Police had got to know this and before anything could take place a team of Police from Welikada Police station led by the Officer

Ven.Wimalajothi thero, the Leader of Bodu Bala Sena organization expressed that Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Minister of National Languages and Social Integration who said that if the provincial councils, are abolished he will resign from his Post of Minister. This was challenged as he knows well about the fact that the Provincial Councils will not be abolished.

The Thero expressed these ideas when addressing of a meeting to force the government to abolish Provincial Councils.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that modern international relations are marred by self-interest of states and their struggle for power.
The president made this statement in an address during an extraordinary sitting of the Seychelles National Assembly on Sunday.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa points out that colonialism which was defeated a few decades ago is resurfacing in a different form in today's global scenario.

The Ceylon Teachers Service Union says that only teachers who are below 30 years of age can be recruited and invested with military positions.

Convening a media briefing Monday, the Union expressed this view over the demise of a school principal who was receiving training in Rantambe.
General Secretary - Ceylon Teachers Service Union, Mahinda Jayasinghe shared these thoughts

Minister of Economic Development, Basil Rajapaksa says that the expenditure of the country has increased in comparison to previous years.

The Minister made this statement at a function held in Dambulla on Monday.
A function was held to lay the foundation stone for the construction of a bridge across the Thammannaela in the Galmatiyawa area in Dambulla.

 person who had a relationship with a female teacher who works at the Defense college, has taken her in to a room and stripped her naked to video tape it.

 The culprit has identified himself as an Air Force officer and had tricked the teacher.

 During the trial regarding this case, Colombo Fort Magistrate Mr.Thilina Gamage ordered to use the telephone details of the suspect to identify his real character.

The Secretary of Mass Media and Information Ministry Charitha Herath has said that the statement made by the Defence Secretary, indicating that social network website possess the power to destabilize the government, is correct.

He made these comments with reference to a report published in our website titled ‘Charitha opposes Gota’s view’ quoting BBC Sandeshaya.

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison has been summoned by the External Affairs Ministry over a travel note issued by the US State Department to US citizens visiting Sri Lanka.
An External Affairs Ministry official has said that the Ambassador is to be asked why such a travel note had been issued.

The US State Department had, in the travel note, cautioned it’s citizens when visiting Sri Lanka of crimes targeting foreigners.

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) today handed over a petition to the Indian High Commission in Colombo urging the Indian government to keep it’s hands off Sri Lanka.

BBS General Secretary the venerble Galagodaththe Gnanasara Thero said that some 1000 monks walked towards the Indian High Commission and handed over the petition.

He said that Indian intervention in Sri Lanka is a threat to the soverignity of the country. The monk accused India of arming and funding the LTTE during the war.

Incidents of extremism have been condemned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and legal measures have been taken against the perpetrators, the newly appointed Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, Professor Karunaratne Hangawatte said.

The Ambassador expressed the need for all community members to come together for the advancement of their motherland irrespective of ethnic and religious diversities or different political ideologies.