Download  Now, we move to Sri Lanka where our Colombo correspondent, DushiYanthini Kanagasabapathipillai, takes us to meet the tallest female netball player in Asia - Tharjini Sivalingam.

She stands at 6ft 10in (that’s 207 centimetres) and she is also a Tamil.

Her sport, netball, is like basketball but you can’t run with the ball or bounce it.

Twelve months after the end of the decade’s long civil war that divided Sri Lanka’s Tamil and Sinhalese communities for three decades, Sri Lanka is undergoing a period of uncomfortable reconciliation.

Tharjini Sivalingam’s success is not just a source of national pride; it is also a win for the Tamil community.

Download  Final results from Sri Lanka's general election confirm that President Mahinda Rajapaksa's coalition has secured an overwhelming victory.

His alliance of parties has secured the biggest landslide victory seen in the country since 1977, although on the lowest turnout since independence.

The results came after repelling in two parts of the country hit by violence on Election Day two weeks ago.

As Ponniah Manikavasagam reports President Rajapaksa narrowly failed to win enough seats to alter the constitution.

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Sri Lanka's ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka has appeared before a military court on charges of participating in politics while in uniform.

The trial was adjourned after defence objections about the proceedings.

General Fonseka says the charges are politically motivated and an attempt to bar him from forthcoming elections.

As our Correspondent Ponniah Manikavasagam reports protests against his arrest and court martial have been held in Colombo.

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Sri Lankan Muslim activist Mohamed Majeed Jansila is one of the winners of this year’s International Women of Courage award by the US State Department.

She is the head of the Community Trust Fund that works to improve the lives of Muslim minority women in the former war torn north eastern region of the country.

The United States Embassy in Colombo says the award is in honour of her work in peace building, relief work and mine risk education.

Our Correspondent Ponniah Manikavasagam tells her story.