News Archive

SOS Appeal From Troops

Teams conducting immediate relief operations in Tsunami tidal wave affected areas urgently require following medical items.
Tri-Service Relief Centre &; Seva Vanitha Efforts Receive Huge Public Support

Barely six hours after the ad hoc Disaster Relief Centre (DRC) at Galle Face esplanade was established on Monday (27) by tri-services (Army, Navy & Air Force), the DRC was able to dispatch three lorry loads of essentials to affected Trincomalee area following the tremendous response it received from the public.
TROOPS RISE TO THE OCCASION &; CLEAR MAJOR HIGHWAYS

Troops of the Sri Lanka Army, rising to the occasion were able to clear several main roads including road stretches between Moratuwa â€“ Bentota and Nonagama â€“ Hambantota on the main Colombo â€“ Kataragama road (Galle road) and facilitated transportation by late Monday (27) afternoon.
LTTE Black Tiger Indoctrinating Center Bombed

MULLAITHIVU: SUPERSONIC FIGHTER CRAFT of the Sri Lanka Air Force, in another successful mission struck LTTE's Black Tiger Indoctrinating Center in the dense KEEVELIKULAM jungles, about 4 km northwest of PUTHUKUDIRIPPU, MULLAITHIVU this evening (31) at about 5.15 p.m.
Tiger Propaganda Mill Sheds Crocodile Tears on Valiant Troops

SRI LANKA ARMY firmly and categorically refutes pro-LTTE media reports that shed crocodile tears on alleged â€œdumping of tractor loads of dead soldiersâ€, â€œhospitalization of hundreds of injured soldiersâ€, â€œnon-conduct of military funerals or proper funerals,â€ etc with special emphasis given to Mannar sector where Tiger terrorists are almost on the run.
Loss &; Damage to Tiger Terrorists Swells

WANNI: INTERMITTENT CLASHES between Tiger terrorists and troops that raged for another day in WANNI on Wednesday (30) caused considerable loss and damage to Tiger terrorists.
Child soldiers: UN Urges Sanctions on Terror Groups

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Ban Ki-moon called on the Security Council in a report issued yesterday to impose sanctions on armies and groups that make use of child soldiers in at least a dozen countries.
Civilians Making For Village Fair Had Miraculous Escape

JAFFNA: HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS in THINNAVELI, JAFFNA who were proceeding to the village fair had a miraculous escape this morning (31) when the Tiger suicide cadre fell victim to his own explosion.
Suicide Cadre's Premature Explosion Kills Three &; Injures Thirteen

JAFFNA: AN APPARENT premature explosion of a terrorist suicide jacket while being taken by an LTTE suicide cadre on a push bicycle to be placed in a public place in THIRUNAVELI, JAFFNA this morning (31) around 11.20 a.m. claimed the lives of three civilians and injured thirteen more.
Jaffna Citizen Committee Holds Meeting with Security Authorities

WITH THE INTENTION of further strengthening relations between civilians and members of the Security Forces providing security to the peninsula, security authorities in the Jaffna town sector met members of the Citizens Committee that comprises religious leaders, school principals, village officials and a section of other leading men in society.