In the first six months of this year died of HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka, the Director of the HIV Prevention Programme Dr. Sisira Liyanage has said.

According to Dr. Liyanage been identified as HIV patients this year and 7 of them are children.

All pregnant women are now being subjected to a HIV test as these children had been infected with HIV from their mothers.

Belongings worth about rupees four hundred and fifty thousand was allegedly robbed from a Swiss couple while strolling along the road around Kandy Lake on Friday night by a gang who had fled after the robbery.

This robbery had taken place around 10pm, and the police suspect the alleged robbers could have been drug addicts.
Kandy police are conducting further investigations.

A jury of seven women and five men at the High Court in Christchurch began deliberating on Monday morning and returned with their verdict in the afternoon.

They found Thuvan Prawesh Sawal and Viraj Alahakoon guilty of the murder of Sri Lankan man Sameera Chandrasena in North Canterbury.

The Bribery and Corruption commission had stated that there are allegations against 36 Members of Palath Sabhas and Provincial Councils against accumulation of assets and Allegations of bribery for 36 Members of Palath Sabha and Provincial Councilsbribery charges are been conducted

It is learnt that amongst them are Mayors of Municipal Councils and Chairmen of Provincial Councils. The officers of the bribery commission had added that these members are attached to MC’s.TC’s and Provincial councils.

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha has said the approaches used in post-tsunami and post-conflict Sri Lanka, with suitable adaptation, could be deployed in managing humanitarian situations in other countries as well, and that the Government of Sri Lanka continues to stand ready to share its experience as best practices on humanitarian effectiveness, with other countries that are similarly placed, in an effort to relieve those who undergo suffering due to humanitarian emergencies.

The Sri Lankan government today welcomed the announcement by Australia that it will not accept illegal asylum seekers anymore.
Under a new agreement reached between Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), asylum seekers who travel to Australia by boat without a visa will never be settled in Australia but in Papua New Guinea.
This was announced in a joint statement by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australian Attorney General Mark Dreyfus and Australian Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship Tony Bur

Abdur Raziq of Sri Lanka Thawheed Jamat speaks against BBS/ JHU/Sinahala Ravaya and other Sinhala Buddhists nationalist groups including the government of Sri Lanka. Police tried to prevent Sri Lanka Thawheed Jamat meeting by banning the meeting. However, the SLTJ officials went ahead to conduct the meeting at their office premises.

A Muslim lecturer friend some time ago described a troubling moment. The incident took place when he pulled into the parking lot of a supermarket with his wife few weeks ago. As they got out of the car, a group of men standing by first stared at his wife, who was wearing a headscarf, and then looked intently at him. In a split second, his day was disturbed; he reflected on this moment for quite some time. Was this a harmless gaze or did it reflect a change in attitude towards Muslims? My friend described his own reaction to that mo

It is reported that a hand grenade attack had been made in Mandale town in Myanmar, near a place where Ven. Ashin Virat threo, an Anti-Muslim Buddhist monk was preaching to a group of Buddhists.

Myanmar police say that the bomb has exploded inside a car parked near by, injuring 5 people.

However, Ven. Virat thero has not been harmed.

Virat thero is a Buddhist monk who heavily criticized the Muslim extremists in the country and was imprisoned by the former Myanmar authorities for aggravating racial hatred.

The Sri Lanka Public Health Inspectors Association says that steps are being taken to inspect all dansalas that have been organised across the island on Monday.
 
The Association's Assistant Secretary C.S Muthukusa said that over 1, been deployed for this purpose.
 
He added that PHIs would also be inspecting food stalls that have been set up near places of worship.
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