External Affairs Minister & Military Chiefs Attend Weekend Asia-Pacific Security Summit
A HIGH-LEVEL government delegation, led by Minister of External Affairs Prof G.L Peiris, in the company of Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke and Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, during the weekend (June 4 - 6), participated in the Singapore-based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) organized ‘Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-Dialogue’. The two-day summit, attended by more than fifteen ministerial delegates and over twenty top level senior military chiefs and leaders focused attention on varying themes.....
PRIME Minister D.M. Jayaratne yesterday said in Parliament that the Government has received information from Intelligence Units that several LTTE cadres who escaped from the North were now operating with underworld groups in main cities. Moving a motion seeking the extension of the state of emergency by another one month, the Prime Minister said the LTTE cadres .....
PRAISING Sri Lanka for making a genuine effort to help the war displaced people re-build their lives in a post-LTTE era, Bollywood superstar Vivek Oberoi says the recently concluded International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony would enhance Sri Lanka’s image overseas. Addressing the media yesterday, after visiting Nedunkerni, east of the Kandy-Jaffna A9 road, a smiling Oberoi asserted that nothing could be as positive as the mega event .....
JAFFNA-based Tamil students and teachers, creating a historic gesture of reconciliation and goodwill in the company of Army soldiers, added colour and exceptional significance to the Vesak spirits on Saturday (5) when they jointly sang Vesak devotional songs at Gangaramaya, Hunupitiya in Tamil and Sinhala languages. 
THE EIGHTH Army Inter Regimental Taekwondo Meet of the Army was successfully concluded on 7th June at the Security Forces Headquarters, Jaffna (SFHQ-J) with the participation of over 250 sports men and women. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Commander, SFHQ-J. The overall Championship for men was won by the Gajaba Regiment and its amateur Championship was won by the Commando Regiment and.....
TICKETS for sale in aid of the upcoming Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) organized fund-raising musical extravaganza, “Tharu Dilena Reyak” for construction of Anuradhapura ‘Abimansala’ (wellness resort) began today (9) when Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya, President SVAB distributed tickets among representatives of all Regiments in the Army. During a special meeting convened at the SVAB auditorium.....
OVERSEAS philanthropists continue to lend their helping hand to war-affected families in Wanni following initiatives taken by state agencies in coordination with Wanni Security Forces Headquarters. Two UK based donors, Mr Anura Perera and Mr Rayan Perera spent Rs 39 million for renovation and construction of fifty-six dilapidated, partly-damaged and.....
MEMBERS of the Maha Karuna Buddhist Society with a team of 28 Singaporean Medical Officers and assistants offered their generosity to hundreds of resettled Tamil people in Mannar and its suburbs by conducting a special medical clinic during June 7 - 8 at Adampan Rural Hospital, Mannar. Chen Su Lan Trust and..... 
VIJAYABAHU Infantry Regiment (VIR) Seva Vanitha Unit in coordination with Denzil Kobbekaduwa Foundation donated a newly-built house to the War Hero, Private Weerasuriya of 4 VIR who lost both his legs below the knees while valiantly fighting in the final battle against terrorists in the Wanni Humanitarian Operations.
DEFENCE SECRETARY Gotabaya Rajapaksa, accompanied by military chiefs and the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) paid a visit to the East Thursday (10) morning and spoke to a large gathering of Tri-service and Police personnel serving there. Mr Rajapaksa, as one more important item of the day’s itinerary also met former LTTE combatants, now almost completely rehabilitated at Senapura Rehabilitation Centre.....