News Archive

No Youths have Disappeared from IDP Camps - Competent Authority

BRUSHING off all the allegations that the IDPs in the Northern refugee camps live under squalid conditions, the Chief of Staff and the Competent Authority of the resettlement of the Northern Province Maj. Gen. G.A. Chandrasiri reiterated that no youth had disappeared from the camps.In an interview with the `Sunday Observer’ he said that things in the camps were `progressing speedily’ and the government would introduce more programs to make the lives of these civilians, who were battered under the LTTE, more comfortable until they go to their own habitats.
I Was Always Confident

DEFENCE SECRETARY (Ret) Colonel Gotabhaya Rajapaksa RWP, RSP, Psc is the one man credited for co-ordinating the successful 'war effort' against the LTTE. In a wide ranging interview with Chandani Kirinde of The Sunday Times, Col. Rajapaksa says how he was convinced that only a military solution will work; how a troika outside the Foreign Ministry kept India in the loop during the fighting; and dismisses the need for any investigations into the conduct of the 'war'. He is coy about giving details on how exactly the LTTE leadership was eventually killed and says his brother and President Mahinda Rajapaksa is entitled to the political mileage he is receiving from a grateful public for the leadership he gave.
More LTTE Finds Collected

NORTH & EAST: TROOPS engaged in search and clear operations in the general areas of VISUAMADU, IRANAMADU, PUTHUKKUDIYIRIPPU and PAMPAIMADU recovered Five hundred rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, thirty-three hand grenades, five anti personnel mines, five Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), one booby trap, one Arul bomb, one mobile phone and some cloths on Saturday (6). Meanwhile, troops operating in the EAST recovered one land mine, three claymore mines, one hundred and forty pen torch batteries and twenty-eight torch batteries from INKIRIYAMADU on the same day (6).
-œYal Devi- Reaches Thandikulama on Northern Line

THE CEREMONY to open the newly constructed Thandikulama Railway Station under “Uthuru Mithuru” programme after renovating Colombo-Jaffna Railway line was held on Saturday (6) in Thandikulama.The ceremony was presided over by Mr. Basil Rajapaksa MP and Senior Adviser to President. Ministers Dallas Alahapperuma, Susantha Punchi Nilame, Douglas Devananda and Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran along with the.....
Bouquets to National War Heroes Offered

NATIONAL WAR HEROES DAY (June 7), which this year coincided with the annual Poson Poya Day that marked the onset of a new Sri Lankan culture was commemorated on a grand scale at the War Hero monument at Parliamentary complex this evening, President Mahinda Rajapaksa gracing the occasion as Chief Guest. National War Heroes Day, an annual feature, organized by Ranaviru Seva Authority (RSA) commemorates some 24,000 War Heroes of Tri-services and the Police who laid their lives for the sake of the country during the war that spanned over 30 years. The programme of the national ceremony commenced with arrival of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the venue. President, RSA Major General Palitha Fernando (retd) after welcoming the Chief Guest accompanied him to the special dais.
LTTE Claymores & Explosives Continue to Emerge

NORTH & EAST: ARMY troops conducting their searches deep into PALLAIKUDDIYIRUPPU, VISHVAMADU, PUTHUMATTALAN and PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU areas found more and more LTTE arms and ammunition during Sunday (7). Finds included one T-56 weapon, fifteen T -56 magazines, one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition, two micro pistols with one magazine, four rounds of micro pistol ammunition, three Global Positioning Systems (GPS), three Silva compasses, one night vision, eighty hand grenades...
Twaddle of a Ventriloquist's Dummy - ' The Island ' Editorial

THAT the UN is a rubber stamp of the US is only too well known but the current UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has proved he is a puppet of the West. With him and UN human rights chief Navi Pillai around, the LTTE rump may not feel the loss of Prabhakaran and Pottu Amman so much. Vilification of Sri Lanka seems to be Ban's raison d'être. His day is not complete unless he calls for a probe into what he makes out to be 'war crimes' in Sri Lanka. He repeated that call on Friday, maybe egged on by his white masters. Instead of continuing a proxy witch hunt against a UN member state, he should be thankful to the Sri Lankan government for having successfully launched the world's biggest ever hostage.....
Mi 24s Role in Eelam War IV Emphasised

THE Hingurakgoda-based Mi 24 helicopter gunship squadron played a critical role in the recently concluded eelam war IV with nearly 400 missions in the Northern and Eastern theatres. Known as the No 09 squadron, it had caused devastating losses in coordinated attacks directed at fortified LTTE positions situated close to what Wing Commander Sampath Thuycontha, Commanding Officer of the squadron called forward location of own troops.’ In an interview with The Island, the veteran flyer said that despite having a range of weapons, including dedicated anti-aircraft guns the LTTE never succeeded in threatening their operations.
India Updated on War Against LTTE: Gota

INDIA was kept updated about the situation in Sri Lanka's north ''from day one'' of the security forces' final assault against the Tiger rebels till the eventual defeat of the LTTE, the powerful Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has revealed. "From the very beginning, from day one, we kept India very well briefed and we prevented any suspicion being created whether it was because of our relationship with China or Pakistan or anybody else," said Rajapaksa, who played a major role in the victory against the LTTE. "We created a mechanism with India, away from the contacts of the Foreign Ministry, for us to develop a close relationship mechanism between the officials," he said.
Everybody Should Rally Against False Propaganda

RESETTLEMENT and Disaster Relief Services Minister Risath Bathiyutheen says once the demining activities are completed, the Government will commence the resettlement activities in the North. Under the Uthuru Wasanthaya programme, the Government has already formulated plans to develop the entire northern province. The Minister in an interview with the Daily News expressed his views on the initiatives taken by his Ministry to resettle the IDPs in the Eastern province and relief measures given to the displaced people in the North who have been temporarily sheltered in welfare centres. Can you comment on the resettlement activities taking place in the Eastern Province at present?