Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA urged the international community to understand the reality and the motive of the Government’s humanitarian operations to liberate the North, in cognisance of the ‘Eastern Renaissance’ enjoyed by the Eastern polity now.
TRINCOMALEE: TWO MEN trying to grab the T-56 weapon of an airman serving the Air Force roadblock in the general area of THAMBALAGAMUWA, KANTALE close upon midnight on Tuesday (1) were overpowered killing one on the spot.
VAVUNIYA: GRADUAL FORWARD- MARCHING of the troops continued as planned for another day on Tuesday (1) amidst confrontations and pitched battles in WANNI and WELIOYA areas.
VAVUNIYA: THE TEMPORARY pull-out of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) from its service at OMANTHAI Entry/Exit point in WANNI on Tuesday (1) was mainly due to threats posed by LTTE’s indiscriminate heavy fire rounds that fall as near as the northern boundary of this cross-loading point on a regular basis and also because of intense retaliatory attacks of the Security Forces.
ANURADHAPURA: ONE MORE attempt to smuggle explosives for use of terrorist attacks was challenged at a roadblock nearby Cemetery Road, on HOROWPATHANA- VAVUNIYA main road when a woman carrying one kg of C-4 explosives, hidden inside a coconut was nabbed by the Police.
PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA urged the international community to understand the reality and the motive of the Government’s humanitarian operations to liberate the North, in cognisance of the ‘Eastern Renaissance’ enjoyed by the Eastern polity now.
In what was seen as one of the toughest encounters in the recent past, the Army SC, in its second round encounter at the ongoing Caltex Super League Championship, trounced its rival, Police SC scoring 30-20 on Saturday (19).
Sri Lanka\'s High Commisioner for Australia Mr David Binns toured Jaffna Wednesday, 22 July in an attempt to get an update of the current situation in the peninsula.