(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died. He was 69.
Kim’s death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

(Colombo-Lankapuvath)
Celebrating your 18th birthday is a momentous occasion for anyone, but for tiny JyotiAmge the milestone is even bigger news.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - Islamic Da’awa Community members and other Muslims at Beitour in the vicinity of Ramallah prayed for peace, prosperity in Sri Lanka and wellbeing and good health of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the peoples of Sri Lanka.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) – Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to France, Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka speaking at the text books hand over ceremony stressed the importance of ensuring that the children were taught their languages and assured assistance to request the French authorities to explore the possibility of incorporating them into their school curriculum.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - Critics of the country are distorting the facts of Sri Lanka’s 2009 victory over terrorism, and that the resettlement of civilians displaced by the conflict has been continuous since the conflict’s end, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States, Jaliya Wickramasuriya said.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Portugal resident in Paris, his Credentials to Prof. Anibal Cavaco Silva, the President of the Portuguese Republic at the Presidential Palace in Lisbon.

During his four day visit, the Ambassador paid courtesy visits within the Portuguese Foreign Ministry to Ambassador Jose Bouza Serrano, the Chief of Protocol and to Ambassador Vasco Valente, Secretary General.

(Colombo Lankapuvath) A woman has claimed that late Michael Jackson sexually transmitted a disease to her in the late '70s that ruined her life.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - The body of Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea after he was killed by US covert forces in Pakistan, US media reported Monday.