Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed the 58th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York and met UN Secretary General Kofi Annan soon after his address yesterday.

Govt will do utmost to continue peace process - PM

The government will look positively at the proposals put forward by the LTTE and will do everything in its power to keep the peace process moving forward to a successful conclusion, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday in New York.
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Premier to brief President on UN visit

From Chatura Vidyaratne in New York

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will brief President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on the outcome of his visit to UN to address the 58th General Assembly sessions, as soon as he returns home after the conclusion of his official visit to the US.
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Madhu road re-opens

The road leading to Madhu shrine on the Mannar-Vavuniya road, which was closed for a few weeks following the feast at Madhu shrine re-opened on Thursday for pilgrims and also the people residing in the villages along the road.
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High-level meeting between LTTE-SLMM tomorrow

by Ranil Wijayapala

In a bid to increase cooperation between the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission and the LTTE area leaders, all LTTE political heads and all district heads of SLMM will gather in Kilinochchi tomorrow.
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