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 Navy logistics ship sinks 10-05-2008 logistics vessel belonging to the Sri Lanka Navy sunk after an explosion at the Trincomalee Harbour in the early hours of this morning (May 10th), the Navy Spokesman said. The A520 \'MV Invincible\', moored at the Ashroff Jetty, was damaged in an underwater explosion and sank around 2.15 am, he said. According to the Navy Spokesman, an Improvised Explosive Device had been used for the blast. No lives were lost to the explosion, the Media Centre for National Security said. Meanwhile, \'Tamil Net\' reported that Sea Tigers\' Black Tiger underwater naval commandos from the Kangkai Amaran Unit had staged the attack.The attack was carried out when the vessel was loaded with explosives to be transported to the Kankesanthurai Harbour in Jaffna, it said quoting LTTE officials in the Wanni. A-520 was a merchant vessel built in the1970\'s and handed over to the Sri Lanka Navy, following a court order after it was apprehended while transporting 254 Pakistani migrants off Tangalle in 2003. 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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