A female suicide bomber disguised as an office worker blew herself up in the heart of Colombo today, killing one person in an apparent attempt to assassinate a Sri Lankan government minister, the military said.

An international aid group said today it found the bodies of two more of its workers after discovering 15 others killed last week in Sri Lanka’s northeast, as a car bomb explosion outside a girls’ school left at least two people dead.

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a car carrying a top Sri Lankan general today, killing the third-highest ranking officer in the military and three other people.

A TAMIL TIGER suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police station yesterday, killing herself and four officers in the first such attack in the Sri Lankan capital since the rebels signed a ceasefire two years ago, police said.

A suspected Tamil Tiger rebel detonated explosives at a police station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo today, killing herself and four others, police said.