Army Conducts Further Search & Clear Operations in North & East
NORTH & EAST: ARMY troops on Tuesday (28) recovered thirteen anti personnel mines, six T-56 weapons, nineteen T-56 magazines, six I-com sets, fifteen thousand one hundred and eighty-one rounds of T-56 ammunition, two claymore mines, one container with a stock of 12.7 mm ammunition, two hundred and seventy-five 12.7 mm ammunition, twelve pistol ammunition, four thousand and one hundred rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, one T-81 weapon, ten 60 mm mortar bombs, Rs. 4300/= in cash, four cans of kerosene.....
THE waters of the Mavil Aru flow gently through Kallar feeding thousands of acres of paddy lands and quenching the thirst of thousands of people, today. Until July 21 of 2006, Mavil Aru was just another source of water to feed the East. But now it goes to the history as the place where the foundation to end the Asia's longest terrorist battle, was laid. It all began with the LTTE's terror that shut down the sluice gates of the Mavil Aru on July 21 depriving the water to over 15,000 people - Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims. They were denied of water for drinking and also cultivating over 30,000 acres of paddy and other crops.
THE Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke, launched the revamped website of Sri Lanka Air Force at a simple ceremony held at SLAF Headquarters this morning.The website will come out strong with news from within and the outside world. The new website envisage keeping its users constantly engaged with news and views of SLAF, other Air Forces of the world and developments in the aviation industry and the Defence Sector in Sri Lanka and globally.
BAHRAIN Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa yesterday commended the manner in which Sri Lanka acted to defeat terrorism and said this is a perfect example to other countries which faced with the threat of terrorism. He said the Sri Lankan Government could achieve this significant victory due to the firm determination and bold moves taken by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to eradicate terrorism. Bahrain Premier made these remarks when he called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Presidential Secretariat yesterday.
JAFFNA: IN view of the ongoing historic festival at NALLUR Hindu Kovil and marked improvement of security concerns in the peninsula, the Army has relaxed prevalent curfew hours by one more hour effective from today (30). The curfew hours will accordingly come into effect only between 12.00 p.m. (midnight) and 4.00 a.m. All other arrangements including transport have been adjusted to suit the new relaxation. 
A CONSIGNMENT of essentials, bought with one-day salary donation of the soldiers for distribution among displaced civilians in Relief Camps was given away to children and pregnant women, housed in Jaffna Relief Camps during a simple ceremony organized on the instructions of Major General G P R De Silva, Commander Security Forces, Jaffna. All Army personnel following a directive from Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya donated their one-day salary for purchase of essentials to displaced people in Wanni and Jaffna.
THE Uthuru Vasanthaya task force in collaboration with the security forces and police has made elaborate arrangements to provide all facilities needed to cater to the pilgrims visiting the Madhu shrine to attend the annual feast, Administrator of the Madhu church Rev. Fr. Desmond Kulas said. Rev. Fr. Kulas said over 400,000 devotees are expected to attend the feast.He said LTTE terrorists had erected bunkers and placed land mines in the church compound when the area was under their clutches during the conflict."Now all obstacles have been cleared, roads rehabilitated and the church well spruced up to ensure a grand and peaceful feast this year.