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Sri Lankan troops advancing east have captured the last supply route and gained control of an LTTE b..

State media announced that the Army 58 division captured the last operation center of the LTTE yeste..

The LTTE has lost the entire land area under its control save about one sq. km. Before the present p..

The Sri Lankan government says it is considering a humanitarian pause in the current offensive again..

The LTTE is likely to join forces with India s Maoist guerillas all out to disrupt the upcoming ..

Minister Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan says the LTTE leader is totally defeated and will not be able t..

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 2009, 9.20 AM) State media says that a battle tank of the LTTE was destroyed yesterday morning (29) in a joint attack of the Sri Lanka Army…

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 2009, 9.20 AM) State media announced that the Army 58 division captured the last operation center of the LTTE yesterday afternoon (29) following a fierce…

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 2009, 11.30 AM) Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama says that the government has consider to suspend the attacks against LTTE for a short period of time so as…

(Lanka-e-News, March 30, 12.25 PM) Sri Lanka Navy Patrol Squadron repulsed an attack of the Sea Tigers yesterday (29) night. Four Sea Tiger boats were destroyed and 26 LTTE cadres were killed,…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 30 (UPI) — Sri Lankan leaders said Monday they may temporarily pause the army’s assault against Tamil Tiger rebels to give civilians a chance to get out of harm’s way.

The official opening of an expansion to Fonterra’s main dairy factory in Sri Lanka has become a high level security operation as government ministers are expected to attend. The factory went into lockdown early today as security…

(Lanka-e-News, 29.March.2009, 9.30PM) Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP N. Sri Kantha says that 5000 people killed and 15,000 people were injured in Vanni. He further said…

A senior European official has said that aid groups want to help Sri Lanka meet the humanitarian needs of civilians in the country’s battle zone and are “not against” the government.

The situation for trapped civilians in Sri Lanka is becoming graver by the day says Christian Aid

Deputy Tourism Minister Faiszer Musthapha will visit Bahrain this week as part of a tour to attract tourists to Sri Lanka. He will address a Destination Promotion Road Show 2009 at the Golden Tulip Hotel at 7.30pm on April 1.

The horror that is unfolding in Sri Lanka becomes possible because of the silence that surrounds it. There is almost no reporting in the mainstream Indian media — or indeed in the international press — about what is happening there. Why this should be so is a matter of serious concern.

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the Health Ministry to expand the services…

A ship evacuating civilians from the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka has been caught in the cross-fire.

(Lanka-e-News, 29.March.2009, 9.20 PM) Our London reporter says that the UK-based pro-LTTE British Tamil Forum has launched an international campaign to boycott tea, food items, clothing…

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka police says that adolescent love of teens should be punished to minimize the rising crime in the country.

Mar 29. Colombo: Indonesian government today handed over a stock of essential food and other items to Sri Lanka for distribution among the internally displaced persons in Vavuniya.

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka and Indonesia are to sign an agreement on visa exemption tomorrow in Colombo, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said today.

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) today blamed the government saying that they are attempting to spread election violence throughout the Western Province.

Mar 29, Sigiriya: Tourists to the world famous Sigiriya rock fortress came under another wasp attack this morning at the top of the rock, the police said.

An elderly civilian held in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) detention centre in Murusuvil in Thenmaraadchi died Saturday night in Jaffna Teaching Hospital (JTH) due to delayed medical treatment, sources in Jaffna said. Regional Health Service sources said that there is an acute scarcity for ambulances to transport patients in need of urgent treatment from the [...]

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has allocated nearly Rs. 434 million to develop the public facilities in estate sector.

Mar 29 Colombo: Further inflaming the internal crisis in Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP), some members of its rebellion group have gathered yesterday in Colombo to discuss the current issues.

Mar 29, Colombo: The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy ferried the 15th batch of sick and wounded civilians yesterday (28) by the sea route.

Mar 29, Colombo: The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy ferried the 15th batch of sick and wounded civilians yesterday (28) by the sea route.

Two unidentified men on motorcycle shot and seriously injured a youth Sunday around 9:30 a.m in front of his house in Church Lane, Kokkuvil West in Jaffna as he was returning home on his motorcycle, sources in Jaffna said. The youth is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

The Sri Lankan armed forces say they have killed at least 15 Tamil Tiger rebels in intense battles in the north of the country.

In addition to the existing six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) detention centres in Jaffna district SLA has established another in Kaithadi in Thenmaraadchi where there are already four centres, to detain civilians fleeing war in Vanni. Saturday alone more than 200 families arrived in Thenmaraadchi and were placed in temporary makeshift sheds erected in the [...]

CR & FC wins Western Province rugby 10s championship beating Air Force 17-7 in final at Longdon Place-JNW

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched attacks on Special Task Force (STF) commandos at three separate locations Friday and Saturday in Batticaloa district killing a commando and seriously injuring three in the first attack while killing two commandos and seriously injuring one in the second attack. The third attack was on the STF sentry [...]

The contracts of Sri Lankan coach Trevor Bayliss and his assistant Paul Farbrace have been extended until the next World Cup in 2011, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) authorities announced on Sunday
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Sri Lankan cricket authorities said on Sunday they had extended the contracts of the team’s two foreign coaches, Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace, until the next World Cup in 2011.

Sri Lanka is planning to hold road shows in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to attract more tourists from the Gulf. The number of Middle East travellers visiting Sri Lanka grew by 24% last year, according to the country’s tourism bureau Middle East office.

By P. Karunakharan, Colombo, March 29 : With a new interim body taking over Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) early this month, the island’s cricket governing body is facing a complete overhaul and the incumbent Chief Executive Officer is likely to resign or be replaced.

With export orders reducing due to the global recession, some factories are thinking of gifting workers with a bigger New Year holiday. Already some factories are not working on Saturdays and many have cut down over time work.

An elderly civilian held in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) detention centre in Murusuvil in Thenmaraadchi died Saturday night in Jaffna Teaching Hospital (JTH) due to delayed medical treatment, sources in Jaffna said. Regional Health Service sources said that there is an acute scarcity for ambulances to transport patients in need of urgent treatment from the [...]

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) calls for a halt to armed operations were responded to by the government as “unfortunate,” and accused the political party of trying to manipulate the plight of civilians trapped by the LTTE.

(Lanka-e-News 29.March.2009 11.30AM) As the Sri Lankan government steps up its war with the LTTE, assaults on journalists are on the rise. So are suspicions that the government is complicit in these attacks….

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to extend the contracts of its two foreign coaches Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace, reportedly till the 2011 World Cup.

The government has decided to pay compensation to those employees who are willing to retire and close down ‘Salu Sala’ after and removing others.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan soldiers breached a fortification built by Tamil Tiger rebels to defend their last strip of land from advancing troops, the military said Sunday.

To what extent human beings can survive under extreme conditions was a Nazi research on the ‘dispensable Jews’ of the concentration camps, to find out the levels of extremity the human body and mind can withstand. Academic and professional circles raise an alarm that the Colombo government and the abetting powers, in experimenting political cum [...]

Colombo, March 29: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to extend the contracts of its two foreign coaches Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace, reportedly till the 2011 World Cup.

Public servants failing to pass an efficiency test in three attempts will be forced to retire from service in a new move aimed at reducing the over-sized public sector, trade union and opposition leaders said yesterday.

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge said in Kandy on last week that all norms of decency had broken down and government institutions were not functioning properly at the time she took office.

The Commissioner of Motor Traffic has decided to make compulsory the vehicle emission test to three other provinces, in addition to the Western province.

Sri Lanka’s government troops have gained the last supply line for Tamil Tiger rebels trapped in a small patch of territory in the north, a radio quoted defense officials as saying on Sunday. Privately owned radio Sri FM said the Army’s Task Force 4 had captured the supply line between Paranthan and Mullaittivu via Iranaplai [...]

Sri Lanka Army’s 55 division continuing its operations in the last rebel stronghold of Puthukkudiyiruppu in the northern Mullaittivu district has made further progress in the battle field and neared the no fire zone declared by the government to protect civilians, defense officials said Saturday. The troops operating in the south of Puthukkudiyiruppu had progressed [...]

Sri Lankan government troops killed at least 46 rebels during weekend battles in the northeast of the island where they have cornered the Tamil Tiger guerrillas, the defence ministry said Sunday.

In addition to the existing six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) detention centres in Jaffna district SLA has established another in Kaithadi in Thenmaraadchi where there are already four centres, to detain civilians fleeing war in Vanni. Saturday alone more than 200 families arrived in Thenmaraadchi and were placed in temporary makeshift sheds erected in the [...]

Sri Lankan batsman Angelo Mathews is keen to make most of the opportunity after being selected to represent the Kolkata Knight Riders in the second season of the IPL, which gets underway in South Africa on April 18. .

Mar 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan troops advancing east have captured the last supply route and gained control of an LTTE built earth bund…

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) attacks have claimed the lives of 179 civilians within the three days of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, according to the casualty figures collected by TamilNet correspondent in Vanni. At least 76 of the slain victims were children below the age of 15. At least 16 pregnant mothers were among the slain. [...]

UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes has disclosed the way in which the L..

Sri Lanka Army`s 55 division continuing its operations in the last rebel stronghold of Puthukkudiyir..