Education Ministry Donates Goods Worth Rs.137 Million to Children in Relief Villages
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION under the guidance of the Presidential Task Force and on special instructions from Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha launched a special programme, named “Nenasa Sathkaraya” to provide material resources, human resources and learning needs of about 60,000 school children and about 10,000 academic and non-academic staff, attached to the Ministry who were rescued through Wanni Humanitarian Operations. The programme is implemented in several stages on a long term basis. As the first stage, a stock of goods worth Rs. 137 million was sent to Vavuniya on 2nd June to provide needs of those people.
MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS of the 53 Division conducting search and clear operations in the general area of VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL found one T-56 weapon, four DF monitoring sets, six radio direction finder, three IC-R 100 communication receivers, two Kenwood AT-50 automatic tuners, four hand-held radio sets, four AC adaptors, two antenna simulators, three serial data expanders, ten wireless data units, nine power distribution units, twelve antenna.....
FOREIGN MINISTER Rohitha Bogollagama, attending the eighth Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore met Malaysian Defence Minister Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi and requested Malaysia to seriously consider proscribing the LTTE. The Foreign Minister expressing deep concern of certain overseas illicit activities such as fund raising, arms trading and human trafficking, political patronage and dissemination of false propaganda, which could have negative effects on peace and stability of Sri Lanka in particular and the region in general, requested close co-operation and assistance of Malaysia. Foreign Minister Bogollagama also thanked the Malaysian-Defence Minister for cooperation extended over the years with regard to the terrorist conflict. Foreign Minister Bogollagama who met Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi on the margins of the Shangri-La Dialogue
THE DEFEAT of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the death of its chief Velupillai Prabhakaran will change the dynamics of the drug trade in the subcontinent like never before, say experts.Mumbai was a key link in this supply chain as LTTE's conduits often used the city to bring in drugs from Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Punjab border. The consignments were then transported to coastal towns in Tamil Nadu such as Tuticorin, Rameshwaram, Ramnad, Nagapattinam, Kochi and a host of localities inhabited by fishing communities on the south-east coast. From there, the drugs would be shipped to Velvettiturai, a township located along the northern coast of Sri Lanka and formerly under LTTE control.
PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was the biggest mistake of the Tamil Tigers which cost them the sympathy of India. "To kill Rajiv Gandhi, they antagonised the whole sympathy of India. That was the biggest mistake I think they did in 30 years," Mr. Rajapaksa told NDTV. He said that when the ethnic Tamil issue took root in Sri Lanka, India was sympathetic to their cause. "Finally they killed an Indian leader who was loved by all," Mr. Rajapaksa said when asked about the biggest mistake committed by the LTTE.
SRI LANKA appealed for support in dismantling the Tamil Tigers' international support network after declaring victory over the rebels following the decades-long conflict. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told a high-level security forum in Singapore that the global organisation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) remained "largely intact." "Many of the operatives have clearly cultivated powerful, political lobbies in certain capitals with a view to resurrecting the LTTE," he said. "It is important for the international community to take all measures to assist the government of Sri Lanka to track down the global network of the LTTE,".jpg){kind=small}
TWO Senior Officers of the Sri Lanka Army have been appointed the Commanders of new two Security Forces Headquarters (SFHQ) in KILLINOCHCHI and MULLAITTIVU. Major General Channa Goonetilake is to take over as the Commander SF HQ - KILLINOCHCHI and Major General Nandana Udawatta will assume duties as the Commander SF HQ - MULLAITTIVU.
With the intention of further promoting civil-military relations in the North and Wanni, troops serving different formations enthusiastically contributed to the conduct of National Sinhala and Hindu New Year festival, rich with traditional sweet-meats, rites and rituals, traditional games and sports, etc. Security Forces Headquarters, Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) at the end of its New Year festival.....