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Nov 01, Colombo: Oil tanker drivers of Sri Lanka attached to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation in Kolonnawa are striking work from yesterday evening.

LTTE triggered claymore explosions killed two and injured 17 civilians including two children, at separate locations in Jaffna, on Tuesday the 23rd of January.

Nov 01, Colombo: Dipped Products (DPL) the Hayleys Group’s multinational rubber glove manufacturing business posted a turnover of Rs 6.3 billion…

Colombo – The Sri Lanka Navy destroyed at least four Tamil rebel boats and killed 14 cadres off northern Sri Lanka in a fierce seabattle between the two sides on Saturday morning, a navy spokesman said. The clash broke off Nagarkovil, 390 kilometres …

Nov 01, Colombo: Kelani Valley Plantations (KPVL) has reported profit and turnover growth…

Sri Lanka’s navy destroyed four Tamil Tiger rebel boats, killing 14 guerrillas Saturday in a clash off the northern coast, a spokesman said.

Nov 01, Colombo: Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has decided to execute island wide power cuts from today until further notice due to difficulty in meeting the country’s electricity requirement…

Fri, Oct 31, 2008 (8:39 p.m.) Sri Lanka’s navy says it has destroyed four rebel boats, killing 14 Tamil Tiger guerrillas in a clash off the island’s northern coast.

(The Associated Press) Sri Lanka’s navy destroyed four Tamil Tiger rebel boats, killing 14 guerrillas Saturday in a clash off the northern coast, a spokesman said. Navy spokesman D.K.P Dassanayake said the sea battle took place in the early morning off northern Jaffna peninsula when the navy observed a cluster of rebel boats and attacked them. Five sailors were wounded the fighting, he said. The …

Sri Lanka’s navy says it has destroyed four rebel boats, killing 14 Tamil Tiger guerrillas in a clash off the island’s northern coast.

Nov 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka Navy destroyed four LTTE attack boats in a fierce sea battle early morning today off the coast of Nagarkovil in Jaffna, the military said.

Associated Press - October 31, 2008 11:13 PM ET COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka’s navy says it has destroyed four rebel boats, killing 14 Tamil Tiger guerrillas in a clash off the island’s…

Naval flotillas of the Sea Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) engaged in a major clash with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) gunships in the seas off Naakarkoayil in Vadamaraadchi East Saturday morning from 5:15 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., sinking an SLN Dvora Fast Attack Craft (FAC) and a hovercraft. Sea Tiger officials told TamilNet that 20 of their attack crafts took part in the mission and …

On information received from civilians, the Trincomlee Police recovered three claymore mines on Tuesday the 23rd of January, at 09.00p.m.

Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) at Batalanda was inaugurated by President’s Secretary Mr. Lalith Weerathunge Monday (22) morning ceremoniously.

It should no longer be in dispute that the LTTE does not care even in the least for the civilians of the North-East.

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is the hidden hand behind the new curbs on television media, d..

KILINOCHCHI: Air Force fighter jets carried out a successful air sorties targeting Sea Tiger leader ..

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and the Central Government of India may have patched up difference..

the state`s roads wore a deserted look as a result of the traders` bandh (shut down) Friday on the E..

Despite defeats in the eastern boarders to the LTTE, defence sources received information of an LTTE attempt to cripple the education and normalcy in the Vadamarachchi, Jaffna on Monday the 22nd of January.

Nov 01, Colombo: Following the recent bilateral discussions between Sri Lanka and India, Senior Advisor to the President, Basil Rajapaksa yesterday (31st) presided a meeting at the President’s Office to discuss ways and means of sending essential food items, provided from India to Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts.

Nov 01, Colombo: Following the recent bilateral discussions between Sri Lanka and India, Senior Advisor to the President, Basil Rajapaksa yesterday (31st) presided a meeting at the President’s Office to discuss ways and means of sending essential food items, provided from India to Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has the lowest press freedom rating of any democracy and has been the first to use anti-terror laws to prosecute journalists, international rights groups said yesterday.

Political Wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE), in a statement dated 30 October, following a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) air strike that killed a student at Va’l'lipunam in Puthukkudiyiruppu in Mullaiththeevu district and wounded six in a housing scheme setup by Caritas-HUDEC, condemned the Sri Lankan government for carrying out indiscriminate aerial bombardment and artillery …