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A 9th Century reconstructed Omani ship, the ‘Jewel of Muscat’, is due to call at the Port of Galle on approximately April 18, 2010, as its arrival date would be determined by weather conditions since it will be using its sails for its voyage as it does not have an engine.

The Home Ministry of India is likely to write to the US department of Justice seeking a possible date for having direct access to Mumbai terror attack accused David Headley, who is currently under American custody.

The opening of high-level talks between Pakistan and the United States in Washington on Wednesday was marked by Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi seeking a "constructive" US role on Kashmir and "non-discriminatory" access to energy, an apparent reference to nuclear cooperation that Pakistan is seeking with U.S. on the lines of the India-U.S. nuclear deal.

In response to one of my previous articles titled “Asheelachara Thenaka Thibenne Desapalanaya Pamanada” (Is it only politics that is in a state of amorality), Sanath Balasuriya who is presently in Germany had sent a reply titled “Is Victor Ivan’s pen innocent” questioning my media usage. His reply was published in the last issue of “Ravaya” .This article is written in reply to his article.

One of the key North India regional parties, the Samajwadi party, has been a strong critic of the Women’s Reservation Bill. Its chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday drew flak from political parties and women's groups for his 'sexist' remark that if the Reservation Bill is passed it will fill Parliament with the “kind of women who invite catcalls and whistles.”

In this year 2010, which has been declared as Year of the Lung, it is indeed much-awaited welcome news that International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) is to launch an International trial of 9-month MDR-TB treatment regimen.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi may appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for interrogation into the 2002 Gujarat riots case on March 27.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited key nations to a meeting Thursday to discuss the new electoral laws for Myanmar’s upcoming election that bar detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Challenging the verdict of elected Constituent Assembly (CA) that abolished 237-year old institution of monarchy two years ago, former King Gyanendra Shah on Wednesday said that abolition of monarchy in Nepal was just ‘hypothetical’ talk.