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  • BRITISH HC MEETS JAFFNA COMMANDER

    A high level delegation of the Colombo-based British High Commission, headed by Mr. Stephen Evans, British High Commissioner, during a two - day visit to Jaffna peninsula, met Commander, Security Forces Jaffna, Major General M. D. S Chandrapala in his office on 11 March 2004.
  • US Diplomats Visit Jaffna For Assessment

    United States\'s Ambassador for Sri Lanka Mr E. Ashley Wills on Tuesday (March 11) toured Jaffna in a bid to receive an on-the-spot evaluation of the developments taking place there.
  • Commander Goes to Yala for Security Review

    SECURITY FORCES serving areas in the deep south where a pocket of terrorist infiltrators evicted from the east were creating violence from time to time in the past 2 – 3 months received Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Army this morning (11) who was on an inspection and review tour to the Yala area.
  • NORWEGIAN &; GERMAN DIPLOMATS VISIT JAFFNA

    A high level delegation of German and Norwegian diplomats during a visit to the Jaffna peninsula on Wednesday (10) morning met Security Forces authorities in an attempt to receive an update of the current security situation in the peninsula.
  • IED Kills One, Injures Four

    WELLAWATTA: AN EXPLOSION occurred in WELLAWATTA area on COLOMBO-GALLE road this morning (10) around 6.50 a.m.
  • Tigers Lose More Land &; Resources

    NORTH, WANNI & EAST: SOLDIERS serving NAGARKOVIL area were caught up in an LTTE booby trap explosion Sunday (9) around 10.00 a.m. bringing death to one soldier and injury to another.
  • UPDATED PRESS RELEASE -“ SRI LANKA NAVY -“ 10 MARCH 2003

    \'It was observed that the vessel caught fire and sank\' The Sri Lanka Navy received credible information on 09th March 2003 that an LTTE vessel carrying warlike material, was approaching the Mullaittivu coast with the objective of unloading weapons at mid sea onto small boats.
  • Eleventh advanced infantry course ends successfully

    The eleventh course on Advanced Infantry Operation for Platoon Training, conducted for Volunteer Force soldiers in Jaffna peninsula ended recently following a colourful Passing-out parade, held at Training School for Advanced Infantry Operation (Air Combat Training School) at Eluthumaduval.