Northern Province (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka`s Tiger countdown to Maveerar Day

Sri Lanka`s Tiger countdown to Maveerar Day Sunday, 9 November 2008 - The other is the successful advance of troops of the Army`s Task Force 1 (the precursor to the 58 Division) to within eight kilometres from Pooneryn. This is...

SLA intensifies artillery barrage on LTTE held Poonakari

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Jaffna stepped up artillery barrage since Friday and continues to pound Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) held Poonakari across Jaffna lagoon from its bases in Jaffna town and suburbs. The noise of...

The fall of Pooneryn imminent - Minister Keheliya Rambukwella

Keheliya RambukwellaThe fall of Pooneryn, the last bastion of the LTTE in the Western front is imminent, as the LTTE cadres have already removed their three big artillery guns installed in the area, to further east, to...

Sri Lanka: 'Give way to Tamil Eelam and avoid Sinhala blackmailing for ever'

Don't abandon the Tiger. A Sinhala-dominated Sri Lanka is not in India’s interests, writes T S Gopi Rethinaraj, a Singapore National University scholar, in the November 2008 issue of Pragati, the Indian National Interest...

2 youths abducted near Valikaamam HSZ

Six unidentified armed men abducted Saturday two young labourers from their house in Kuppi'laan, a village located on the border Sri Lanka Army (SLA) High Security Zone (HSZ) in Valikaamam in Jaffna peninsula, according to...

Sri Lankan Air Force bombs rebels in north islet

COLOMBO, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan Air Force has attacked a gathering point of Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula, the Air Force spokesman said Saturday. Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara said several...

4 held for smuggling goods to SL

Four Sri Lankan nationals, including a suspected LTTE activist, have been arrested when they attempted to smuggle materials, including tyres and batteries, to Sri Lanka. Anthony Jennifer, Megavannan, Kankarathinam, refugees in...

Canadian Defense Advisor visits Jaffna

Canadian Defense Advisor visits Jaffna Friday, November 7, 2008, 12:57 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 07, Colombo: Canadian Defence Advisor in Colombo Colonel Richard Ryaer Burbidge recently visited Jaffna to get...

False alarm over LTTE aircraft, Lankan forces go on alert

Colombo (PTI): The Sri Lankan Air Force and the army went on a high alert following reports of an LTTE aircraft hovering around the northern Vavuniya even as the fears proved unfounded. Military establishments in the area up to...

India to send 2,000 tonnes of relief goods to Sri Lanka

New Delhi (IANS): In what is a sharp departure from what it did in 1987, India will soon ship 2,000 tonnes of relief material to Sri Lanka for tens of thousands of people displaced by war. This time, however, the delivery will...

               

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Jaffna , Point Pedro , Vavuniya