The fall of LTTE
stronghold
Kilinochchi was
imminent according
to latest reports.
Troops of Task Force
1 and 2 of the
Army’s 57 Division
were closing in on
the town despite
stiff resistance
from its defendersMORE
SB eyes UNP
second slot
(TheIsland)
S.B. Dissanayake,
aspiring to be the
Deputy Leader of the
UNP, is seeking a
secret vote at the
forthcoming election
to fill the post
previously held by
Karu Jayasuriya.MORE
Shell refutes charges made
by Laugfs
(DailyMirror)
In
the wake of Laugfs
Gas (Pvt) Ltd.
threatening to take
legal action against
the Consumer Affairs
Authority (CAA) and
Shell Gas Lanka Ltd
(SGLL), SGLL
yesterday strongly
denied the
allegations of
anti-competitive
practices and abuse
of its market
position.
MORE
Two soldiers
killed in camp tragedy
(DailyMirror)
A
special
investigation has
been launched into
the tragedy where
three soldiers were
killed and twelve
injured in an
accidental discharge
of a soldier’s
automatic weapon at
the Army’s Volunteer
Force training camp
in LindawewaMORE
Killing of doctor Tension
eases in East
(DailyMirror)
Health Minister
Nimal Siripala de
Silva claimed that
the tense situation
in the Eastern
Province triggered
by the brutal
killing of Dr. S. W.
Palitha Pathmakumara
of the Vaunaithivu
Rural Hospital in
Batticaloa had eased
yesterday.
MORE
Mankulam regained, progress
on Jaffna front
(TheIsland)
Close on the heels
of the Task Force I
(TF I) capturing
Pooneryn to reach
the Jaffna lagoon
along the
north-western coast,
the recently raised
Task Force III (TF
III) yesterday
afternoon overran
MankulamMORE
Mervyn indicted for robbery
(DailyMirror)
Deputy Labour
Minister, Mervyn
Silva was indicted
before the Colombo
High Court for the
theft of a video
camera and attacking
journalists who went
to cover the opening
of the flyover in
Kelaniya on August
4. MORE
SB to contest CPC polls
(TheIsland)
United National
Party’s (UNP)
National organiser
S. B. Dissanayake
confirmed that he
would be the chief
the ministerial
candidate at the
forthcoming Central
Provincial Council
election.MORE
Paranthan, Army’s next
target
(DailyMirror)
Buoyed by the
victory at Pooneryn,
the army yesterday
pushed forward
towards
Elephant-Pass from
the Forward Defence
Line (FDL) at
Muhamalai in the
Jaffna Peninsula
amidst heavy Tiger
resistance, defence
sources said.MORE
Make the Pooneryn victory
permanent; not political:
UNP
(DailyMirror)
Charging that the
government is trying
to convert the
victory by the
military in Pooneryn
into a political
victory, the main
opposition UNP
called for a
political solution
which would make
this success a
permanent one.
MORE
Troops capture Pooneryn
(SundayObserver)
Army
Commander Lt.
General Sarath
Fonseka informed
President Mahinda
Rajapaksa of this
landmark victory of
the Security Forces
as the President is
also the
Commander-in-Chief
of the Security
Forces.
MORE
Duminda sues Anakarli for
500 million rupees
(TheIsland)
Western Provincial
Councillor R.
Duminda Silva on
Thursday filed
action in the
Colombo District
Court demanding Rs
500 million as
damages from film
personality Ms Anarkali AkarshaMORE
SC suspends Media Minister’s
actions against TV stations
(TheIsland)
The Supreme Court
yesterday granted
leave to proceed
with the Fundamental
Rights violation
application filed by
the working
journalist’s
association, the MTV
Network Pvt.
Limited, the
Dialogue TV Network
Pvt. Limited.
MORE
Rs.40 billion annual profit
on petrol sales - Ravi
(TheIsland)
The government is in
a position to make
an annual profit of
Rs.40 billion on
petrol sales, but is
stubbornly refusing
to pass on the
benefit to the
consumer, UNP MP,
Ravi Karunanayake
said yesterday.MORE
UNP guns boom
at Mihin Lanka
(DailyMirror)
The
main opposition UNP
yesterday criticized
the government for
allocating in the
2009 budget a
massive Rs.6,000
million for the
grounded and
cash-strapped budget
airline ‘Mihin
Lanka’.
MORE
10,000 more troops
(DailyMirror)
The
military said
yesterday it was
planning to recruit
10,000 more youth
for the army before
the year-end
following a series
of successful
recruitment drives
throughout the year.MORE
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