AMPARA: ISOLATED POCKETS of Tiger terrorists moving about in the general area of VENIHARAGAMA, PANAMA in the eastern AMPARA district opened fire on a group of combined Special Task Force (STF) troops and Civil Defence Forces (CDF) personnel on a foot patrol at about 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday (02).

punishment on 106 convicted Army deserters have handed them over to Welikada Prisons Headquarters Tuesday (2) afternoon for imprisonment, a Press Release issued by the Army Headquarters declared. One more batch of 199 convicted Army deserters are also scheduled to be handed for imprisonment on Wednesday (3), upon completion of their legal proceedings, according to […]

[ad#468×60] It is reported that Government Analysts Department has found cyanide mixed with the meals taken by the trainee soldiers at the Henanigala army camp who were hospitalized following food poisoning. According to the report, the Government Analyst suspects that fish which was consumed by the soldiers would have been injected with cyanide deliberately before […]

LTTE forward defences in the Nachchikuda area came under two separate Sri Lanka Air Force attacks this afternoon, defence sources said. “The first of the two air strikes targetted an LTTE stronghold in the area North of Nachchikudha at 1.45 pm. The other air raid was carried out by MI 24 helicopters around 2 pm, […]

While the Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force launched separate inquiries into the LTTE air strike on the Trincomalee naval base on Tuesday, seven sailors, who were injured during the incident were transferred to the Colombo National Hospital for treatment yesterday, a defence official said. The condition of one sailor was said to be critical. […]