Sri Lanka’s army chief said on Saturday his forces had wiped out two-thirds of the Tamil Tigers’ military capability, and that the decades-old conflict with the rebels was at its tail-end.
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The Sri Lankan government and its agencies outside are bent on a propaganda programme of highlighting equal implementation of Tamil as an official language in Sri Lanka, as provided by the 13th amendment of the constitution, to argue the case against secession and to justify themselves to international opinion. But in actual practice there is […]

The SAARC summit is an ideal opportunity for Sri Lanka to showcase its good image while the summit would silently give a clear picture to the world that the country is calm and tranquil for tourism or investments, JVP Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.
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The BBC’s Swaminathan Natarajan finds eastern Sri Lanka struggling to rebuild a year after troops ousted Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Internally displaced families in Moon’raampiddi and Ve’l’laangku’lam villages, located in the northern part of Mannaar district, were fleeing their villages and settlements Friday after artillery and mortar barrage from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) that has approached Iluppaikkadavai, north of Vidaththaltheevu. Meanwhile, IDPs from the administrative areas of Maanthai West division of Mannaar …
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July 18, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Government has given Cabinet approval for the proposal to increase the cost of living (COL) allowance for public, provincial public and armed forces employees by 1000 rupees.
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July 18, Colombo: The Urban Development Authority (UDA), under orders from the Ministry of Defence, today demolished houses of unauthorised residents in the Geln Street area of Slave Island, Colombo, claiming that the houses were a threat to Colombo’s security.
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July 18, Colombo: Government defence spokesperson Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today revealed that the armed forces have already taken steps to liberate Kilinochchi from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as their next aim.
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July 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Marxist party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), today highlighted the necessity of building up a broad political force against political violence.
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July 18, Kegalle: President Mahinda Rajapaksa called a sudden meeting of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) activists in the Sabaragamuwa Province today at the residence Dr. Jagath Balasoosriya in Kegalle.
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