Haiti-based Sri Lankan Peace Keeping Battalion (SRIBAT) effectively coordinated and contributed to the recently concluded electoral process in Haiti, facilitating the transfer of political power to a new government in 2011. Sri Lankan troops, deployed for the stabilization mission (MINUSTAH) provided the security blanket for southern and south-west regional areas in Haiti such as Killik,....
The public can view the Naval and Maritime diamond jubilee exhibition held by the Sri Lanka Navy at the Light House exhibition venue from December 4 to December 12, 2010 except on December 7 and 8. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa opened the exhibition on December 5, 2010. He was received by Navy Commander Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, upon his arrival at the venue accompanied....
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The Central Council of Ceylon Trade Unions yesterday condemned the LTTE demonstration in London which precipitated the cancellation of the President's lecture to the Oxford Union as a challenge to the whole Sri Lankan nation and called upon the people to make a united stand to defeat the machination of the LTTE diaspora to bring war crimes allegations against Sri Lanka which successfully....
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The Catholic fraternity yesterday condemned the attempts to bring down the country’s image in foreign countries. His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday said that the attempts aimed at bringing down the country’s image at international level are condemned by the Catholics regardless of persons involved in such activities. He said the Catholics hail the President’s policy that certain foreign elements should.....
The state level ceremony to felicitate His Eminence, the Most Reverend Dr Malcom Ranjith upon his induction as a Cardinal by His Holiness the Pope Benedict XVI, was held at BMICH yesterday (6) amidst a distinguished gathering of religious dignitaries, Head of State, First Lady, Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, senior Ministers, Diplomats.....jpg)
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says Sri Lanka will not enter into a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with Pakistan. In a brief interview with The Island, Defence Secretary Rajapaksa on Tuesday (Dec.7) said that the government hadn’t even discussed the possibility of a DCA with Pakistan during the recently concluded visit to Colombo by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. President Mahinda Rajapaksa hadn’t discussed any defence related proposal with his Pakistani counterpart, the Defence Secretary said, while dismissing what he called unsubstantiated media....
Having rendered a distinguished service spanning six decades to the nation, the Sri Lanka Navy proudly celebrates its 60th anniversary tomorrow (December 9) marking yet another milestone in the country’s history. Second part of this article was published yesterday. The Navy is making a tremendous contribution to the country’s economy, its development and the tourism industry through the utilization of the Jetliner, which was engaged in the transportation.....
People in Jaffna yesterday (7) held a massive demonstration against pro-LTTE Tamil groups who held a protest last week in London against the visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Over 4,000 civilians including women and children carrying black flags and holding banners and placards marched through Jaffna town. The demonstration was organized by the Tamil People for Peace. Here the protesters .....
232 Brigade troops, deployed in Thoppigala area under 23 Division responded to the occasion and rescued civilians, trapped in floods in and around Kiran lagoon after immediately providing Army boats. Torrential rains in Batticaloa district caused heavy damages to civil property in Kiran and cut off all possibilities of movement for civilians in the Kiran lagoon area.
Prime Minister DM Jayratne said in Parliament yesterday that four hardcore LTTE cadres arrested in Vavuniya recently have confessed that 60 soldiers who were held in LTTE custody were executed by them during the last days of the humanitarian operation. The Prime Minister speaking at the committee stage debate said that the soldiers had been shot dead and their bodies burnt by the terrorists.
