COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, January 08, SPA -- A Sri Lankan government minister was killed Tuesday after a roadside bomb struck his convoy, police said. Five others were injured, CNN reported. D.M. Dassanayake, a non-cabinet minister for nation building, died at a hospital following the explosion in Ja-ela, a suburb between the capital Colombo and the island's international airport. Police said Tamil rebels were behind the attack. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/515700