[BBC]

The Sri Lankan government has warned that any website dealing with Sri Lankan affairs must register with the government or face legal action.

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[BBC]

The governing coalition in Sri Lanka has won 21 out of 23 councils in local elections. But the coalition lost the most important council, the capital, Colombo, to the opposition.

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[CNN]

A six-year state of emergency in Sri Lanka is scheduled to end September 14, a government spokesman told CNN Thursday night.

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[Reuters]

Anger over the assassination of an outspoken Sri Lankan newspaper editor grew on Friday with the opposition forcing parliament to close early and hundreds of protesters demonstrating in the capital. The killing of Sunday Leader chief editor Lasantha Wickramatunga on Thursday prompted diplomats on the Indian Ocean island to express concern to the Foreign Ministry and sparked condemnation from rights groups and even the World Bank. In parliament, members of the main opposition United National Party shouted protests and waved placards, forcing the legislature to close.

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[BBC]

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence is controlling a number of armed groups in the east says the leader of the opposition Ranil Wickremasinghe . Opposition leader Wickremasinghe told this at a media briefing on Wednesday summoned to outline a proposed National Consultation by the Jathika Sabha which comprises of the United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (M). Wickremasinghe further said that Tamil Tigers are still in the east while break away Pilliayan group, EPDP, and a Muslim group mobilised by the government are in operation.

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