Mar 31
LTTE mortar fire retaliated- Batiicaloa
MOD Comments OffLTTE terrorists fired mortars at troops located at Black Bridge, Batticaloa on Saturday the 27th of January, at 7.30 p.m
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Civilians flee as LTTE crouch into Thoppigala- Batticaloa
MOD Comments OffNinety one civilians escaped to cleared areas in Ramepuram from Ittamalai, Iluppadichenai and Thoppigala from yesterday (27) to today (28).
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Sri Lanka`s Final stage of the war…
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Injuries are reported to the LTTE`s head of Intelligence Poddu Amman and head of Internal Secret Int..
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Mar 31
Vocational Technology University launched in Sri Lanka
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President Rajapaksa has pointed out that the Government was fulfilling its responsibilities in all s..
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Mar 31
Sri Lanka Won t Sign Cease-Fire With Rebels, President Says
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Sri Lanka won t agree to a cease- fire proposed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Unit..
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Mar 31
Prabhakaran`s no-surrender vow nears last test
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Tamil Tiger founder Vellupillai Prabhakaran has done one thing better than anything else for 37 year..
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Mar 31
Sri Lanka Air Force destroys LTTE long range artillery
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Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets destroyed a LTTE long range artillery gun hidden in the in general area northeast of Puthukkudyiruppu, this morning, the military said.
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Mar 31
Sri Lanka March inflation drops to its lowest level in five years
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Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka's annual average inflation rate declined to a recorded 18.6 percent in March from 20.3 percent in the previous month, the Central Bank reported today.
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Mar 31
Sri Lanka Navy assists ICRC to evacuate the 16th batch of patients
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Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Navy yesterday assisted the International Committee of Red Cross to evacuate the sixteenth batch of 540 patients and civilians on board the MV Green Ocean sailing under the ICRC flag.
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Mar 31
68 Chinese origin people awarded Sri Lankan Citizenship
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Mar 31, Colombo: At least 68 Chinese origin people, who are living in Sri Lanka, were given Sri Lankan Citizenship yesterday in Colombo.
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Mar 31
Two more suspects in six-year-old girl’s killing in Trincomalee shot dead
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Mar 31, Colombo: Two more suspects charged with the killing of six-year-old Warsha Jude in Trincomalee, were shot dead by the LTTE today in Trincomalee, the police said.
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Mar 31
Tree branch falls on class: Teacher and student killed
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Mar 31, Colombo: A teacher and a student were killed and more than fifteen students injured when a branch of a tree fell on a school class in Vavuniya today.
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Mar 31
Sri Lanka Police after UPFA MP Sarana Gunawardena
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Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police are looking for Gampaha District United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Sarana Gunawardena, who has allegedly fired in the air and abducted a 12-year-old student after beating his father.
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Mar 31
Sri Lanka withdraws troops from IDP centers - report
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Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka today said that it has withdrawn its troops from Internally Displaced Persons centers in Vavuniya, where thousands of civilians from uncleared area are housed.
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Mar 31
Sri Lanka rejects latest LTTE call for a ceasefire
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Mar 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka today rejected the LTTE's latest offer for a ceasefire call saying that the government will not go for any ceasefire with the rebels under any circumstances and the war is to be finished soon.
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Mar 31
KO these terrorists, too
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Shocking news emanated from Yakkala on Sunday. An intra-party tussle of the ruling UPFA had ended in..
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Mar 31
Prabhakaran is a war refugee in Sri Lanka
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Minister Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan says the LTTE leader is totally defeated and will not be able t..
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Mar 31
The Sri Lankan government says it is considering a humanitarian pause in the current offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north eastern region to allow time for civilians to escape the fighting.
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The LTTE is likely to join forces with India s Maoist guerillas all out to disrupt the upcoming ..
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Mar 31
Sri Lanka `considering` pause
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The Sri Lankan government says it is considering a humanitarian pause in the current offensive again..
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Mar 30
Sri Lanka to promote food production in Mannar
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Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan government said Ministry of Nation Building has taken measures to promote local food production from the rice bowl area in recently liberated Mannar region.
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Mar 30
U.S. donates medical supplies for Northern Sri Lanka hospitals
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Mar 30, Colombo: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today donated equipment and basic medical supplies to the Ministry of Health.
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Mar 30
More trapped civilians escape rebel control in Sri Lanka
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Mar 30, Colombo: The Sri Lankan military officials said more civilians have defied the rebel LTTE orders and crossed into government-controlled areas seeking protection from security forces.
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Mar 30
Party first, preferential votes second Sri Lanka President says
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Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) supporters, to try to increase ruling party votes instead of preferential votes of the candidates contesting for the upcoming Western Provincial Council elections.
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Mar 30
Sri Lanka Supreme Court orders Central Bank to get assets list of collapsed finance company
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Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Supreme Court today ordered the Monetary Board of the Central Bank to obtain a comprehensive list of assets of Ceylinco chief Lalith Kothalawela...
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Mar 30
Sri Lanka rejects claims that it observing a ‘Humanitarian Ceasefire’
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Mar 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka today rejected some media reports that it has called for a 'humanitarian ceasefire' in order to evacuate trapped civilians.
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