OTHER NEWS NAVY-SLAF destroy 6 LTTE Boats Foreign Ministry will move a supplementary budget for the forthcoming SAARC Summit. EU delegation arrived Troops Liberate Illuppaikkadavai    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Sri Lanka Dozens reported dead as Sri Lankan army pushes into rebel areas afp 09-05-2008 Helicopter gunships provided air cover Friday for ground troops advancing into rebel areas of northern Sri Lanka where at least 30 rebel guerrillas were killed, the defence ministry said. Airforce Mi-24 helicopters flew support as soldiers moved on Alankulam, in Mannar district, killing 15 rebels and injuring 20, a ministry statement said. The military said three soldiers died and five were wounded in the pre-dawn attack. However, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) reported repelling the attack killing 30 government soldiers and injuring five. The separatist LTTE did not give their own casualty figures. Elsewhere, two soldiers died as government troops on Friday took control of Adampan town, also in Mannar, killing 15 more Tamil rebels, the ministry said. Friday's fighting raised the number of rebels killed by government troops since January to 3,503, according to the ministry, which lists 266 soldiers as dead over the same period. The ministry casualty tolls cannot be independently verified since Colombo prevents media and rights groups from visiting the embattled areas. Fighting has worsened since January, when Colombo pulled out of a six-year truce. The LTTE have been fighting for a Tamil homeland since 1972 in a brutal campaign that has left tens of thousands dead. Print Version | Email to friend

NAVY-SLAF destroy 6 LTTE Boats Sun, 20-07-2008 14:00:00 Six LTTE boats were destroyted and two damaged by the Air Force and Navy, three km south of Nachchikuddah.... |FULL STORY|

Foreign Ministry will move a supplementary budget for the forthcoming SAARC Summit. Sun, 20-07-2008 13:00:00 Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry moved a supplementary budget in parliament on Tuesday to obtain Rs. 2,880,180,332 for the forthcoming SAARC summit. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama will present this estimate and the parliament will hold a six hour debate on this proposal. According to the parliament sources recurrent expenditure will be Rs.401,881,272.00 and Capital expenditure will be Rs.2,478,299,060.00. It contained allocations for fuel - some Rs. 45,994,935 and diets and... |FULL STORY|

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EU delegation arrived Sun, 20-07-2008 10:00:00 EU Parliamentary Delegation is now in Sri Lanka .It leads by EU Parliamentarian Robert Evans who was a British MP. Deputy Leader of the delegation Niranjan Deva Adithya , who is a Sri Lanka said the team will meet Cabinet ministers, Political parties, Civil societies , Media and the Chief Minister of the Eastern Province Sivaneshathurai Chandrakanthan. During their six day visit the team discuss on GSP Plus status and several issues with Sri Lankan authorities. The GSP plus con... |FULL STORY|

Troops Liberate Illuppaikkadavai Sun, 20-07-2008 10:00:00 Sri Lanka army has declared Iluppaikkadavai town liberated for the first time after 21 years this afternoon (July 20). According to defence sources troops of Task Force 1 , Commando brigade and Army 57 division encircled the remote town situated 12 km North of Vidattaltivu by last night and entered in to the town this morning. The sources further said that another large LTTE stronghold situated on the Northwestern coast of the Island has fallen with the new victory. Troops of Task... |FULL STORY|

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