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Mervin not guilty, decides committee

Sep 1st, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Latest News

The disciplinary committee appointed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to probe the incident of a Samurdhi officer being tied to a tree at Kelaniya, has decided that former Deputy Minister Mervin Silva is not guilty.
The three-member committee which handed over its report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stated that there was no evidence [...]



President launches operations at new Kerawalapitiya Power Plant

Feb 26th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Daily News, Latest News

Sri Lanka President Combined Cycle Thermal Power Plant today adding another 100 mega watts of power to the national grid. The first phase of the project added 200 mega watts of power to the national grid. The combined capacity of the facility will now provide 300 mw of electricity to the national grid. The Kerawalapitiya Power Plant [...]



TF-8 unearths two torpedoes and a launcher – Puthukudiyiruppu

Jul 1st, 2009 | By Admin | Category: Daily News, Latest News

Troops of Task Force 8 (TF-8) have unearthed two large scale torpedoes and a launcher which had been buried by the LTTE terrorists in Puthukudiyiruppu area while conducting the clearing operations yesterday, 29 June, on information received by the ex-LTTE cadre.
The two torpedoes and the launcher had been buried neatly wrapping them in Polythene when [...]



Food to reach civilians by the sea

Feb 17th, 2009 | By Admin | Category: Latest News

President Mahinda Rajapaksa convened an urgent meeting concerning the food supplies to the civilians trapped in the North.
On the President’s immediate directive, more than 40 tons of urgently required food items will be shipped tonight to the civilians trapped in Mullaitivu, said Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Resettlement & Disaster Relief Services. He [...]



Associated Press Kills Story About Civilians Deaths After Realizing They Were Subjected to a Hoax

Jan 29th, 2009 | By Admin | Category: Featured articles, Latest News

The Associated Press in a notice sent to all its client publications requested to kill the Sri Lanka war story that said 300 civilians have been killed and 1000 other civilians have been injured after realizing that they have been subjected to a hoax.
In the notice the Associated Press said, “Kill the Sri Lanka-Civil [...]



Troops capture Terumurikandy junction – Kilinochchi

Dec 11th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Latest News

Troops of 57 Division on multi-pronged offensive towards LTTE’s main administrative base, Kilinochchi built-up, have reached to a significant milestone gaining control over the strategically vital Terumurikandy junction last evening, 10 December.
According to the defence sources in battlefront, military formations attached to 57 Division advanced from north of Kokavil and east of Akkarayankulam gained [...]



LTTE suffers heavy beating at Mullattivu

Nov 27th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Latest News

Troops of the 59 Division, now consolidating positions North of Kumulamunai in the Mullaittivu battlefront today (Nov 26), have engaged with a group of terrorists in a fierce confrontation and have reportedly uncovered 5 slain bodies, Wanni security sources said.
According to Wanni military sources, terrorists have suffered serious damages in the fighting which lasted for [...]



4 LTTE crafts destroyed 14 killed in sea battle off Nagar-Kovil

Nov 1st, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Daily News, Latest News

4 LTTE attack crafts were destroyed, 14 terrorists killed and as many others reported injured in a fierce sea battle that irrupted between naval craft and sea tigers off Nagar-Kovil in the northern waters, today (November 1) at around 05.45 a.m.
According to the latest reports received, 16 terrorists were wounded in the fighting. In [...]



Interceptors’ missile ‘lock on’ failure jolts SLAF

Oct 30th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Latest News

Kelanitissa loses capacity to generate 275 mega watts: Tuesday’s failure to shoot down a single LTTE aircraft despite timely detection by radar has jolted the SLAF into investigating its limitations amidst evidence that the enemy has acquired a capability to neutralise the threat of a heat seeking missile attack.
An authoritative source said that Chinese F7s [...]



Troops break LTTE defences Akkrayankulam

Oct 18th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Latest News

The Kilinochchi battlefront has been intensely active since this morning (Oct 18) as troops of 57 Division have cleared the LTTE built earth bund from both east and the west of Akkarayankulam tank, battlefield sources said.
According to the sources, troops have run at the LTTE defence kept along the earth bund and entered into [...]