Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
First Field Engineer Regiment defeated the 5 Gajaba Regiment (V) by 2-0 in the inaugural volleyball match played at the newly built out-door sports complex for volleyball and basket ball at the Security Forces Headquarters premises in Jaffna last week.
KILINOCHCHI: TROOPS ADVANCING towards the areas north of VELLANKULAM met heavy resistance from terrorists Sunday (3).
FIVE SAARC MEMBERS - Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and Afghanistan - figure prominently in a list of countries most hit by terror in the second quarter of 2008.
FOOD AND ENERGY security, terrorism, climate change, water, poverty alleviation get top billing
TERRORISM FEATURED prominently in the addresses of the SAARC leaders at the inauguration of the 15th SAARC Summit. They were united in condemnation of terrorism and warning of the threat it posed to development of the region.
THE REMARKS made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Concluding Session of the 15th SAARC Summit at the BMICH, Colombo yesterday.
VAVUNIYA: A SPECIAL POLICE team from TRINCOMALEE acting on information given by some civilians made their way to NAGAILUPPUKULAM in VAVUNIYA late Sunday (3) evening and uncovered an LTTE suicide belt, one hand grenade, two 9-V batteries and two detonator cords.
THE SPEECH by Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the SAARC Heads of State Summit on Saturday in Colombo.