Health Ministry To Set Up Task Force To Uplift The Health Of IDP'S

Health Ministry Is to Launch a Special Voluntear Health Task Force Tomorrow to Uplift the Health Facilities Offered to In Displaced Persons (IDP'S)Who are Returning from the Uncleared Areas.This Task Force will Assist the Medical Personnal who are Currently Engaged in Treating the IDP'S.Sri Lanka Freedom Health Workers Association Is Guiding this Programme.

US Treasury To Freeze The Assets of Pro LTTE Organization

US Treasury Designates To Freeze the Assets of Maryland Based Pro LTTE Tamil Foundation.This Decesion was taken after the Organization was found as a Front Organization Helping the LTTE Terrorists.

Army Declared A New Safety Zone

Army has declared A New Safe Zone for Civilians Trapped in side the Rebel Held Areas from Putumattalan to Vellamullavaikkal in Mulativu To Return Safely Security Sources Said.

Mahela To Resign From Captaincy

Sri Lankan Cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena Decides to Resign From His Captaincy after their Test Match Series with Pakistan.Sri Lankan National Cricket Team is Due to Leave for Pakistan Shortly and Mahela will Resign from Captaincy after This Tour Sri Lankan Cricket CEO Duleep Mendis Announced.It is Believed that The Crashing Defeat Of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team From the Hands of Indians On the Recently Concluded ODI Series in Colombo Is the Major Reason Behind this Move.

Govt.To Privatize The Medical Education By Allowing A Private Medical Collage Here Inter Medical Faculty Union Charged

Government is Trying to Privatizing the Medical Education by Giving Permission to Set Up Private Medical Collage in Malabe Area The Medical Faculty Inter Student Action Committee Charged To Day .Government Already Gave Permission to the New Private Medical Collage Set Up with the Collaboration from a Russian Medical Academy the Convener of the Committee Asanga Said .The Medical Faculty Inter Students Action Committee is Planning to Launched Protest Campaign against these Private Medical Collage He Says.
The Five Year Course Designed by this Medical Collage is to begin this September and the Collage already Called Applications to Recruiting Acadamic Staff He Stressed.
A student who wishes to Study under this Programme have to spend Rs.5 Million and He/She have to Study Four Years in Sri Lanka and the Final Year in Russia He Further Added.

Troops Liberated Kuruwilkulam

Troops Attached to 57th Division To Day Liberated the West of Kuruwilkulam Area in the Mulativu District Security Sources Said.

Ninteen IDP'S Shot And Killed By The Rebels While Trying To Escape

Nineteen In Displaced Persons(IDP'S) who tried to Escape from Rebel Held Areas were Shot Dead and Another 75 people Got Injured By The LTTE Rebels This Morning at the Udayar kattu in the Puthukkudiyirippu Area According to Security Sources.They are A Part of Around 1000 Came to the Cleared Areas To Day and their Bodies were Brought by the Escapees.
So Far Around 30,000 People Returned from the Rebel Held Areas.Yesterday Alone 6000 People Returned According to the Sources.These People are Located in 10 Social Welfare Centers in Settikulam and the Vavuniya Districts and Sufficient Number of Medical Personal already Recruited to these Centers to Provide Medical Facilities to Them Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva Said At a Press Briefing Held To Day in the Health Ministry.It was Revealed that More Than 500 Pregnant Mothers are there Among the Returnees.

Foriegn-Australian Bush Fire Deaths Rose To 166

Australian Bush Fire Deaths Rose to 166 few Minutes Ago as Authorities says that It will Exceed 200 in Coming Days.All the Deaths were Reported from the State of Victoria and Fire Fighters are Still Struggling to Prevent Around 37 Bush Fires still Spreading in the State.
Meanwhile The Bush Fire Disaster was Declared as a Crime Scene By the Australian Government and Already Two People Including a 13 Year old Boy Got Arrested in New South Wales in Connection with Setting Fire In the Northern Sydney Lands.Arsonists will face Maximum 25 year Imprisonment New South Wales Authorities already Announced.

Twenty Eight People Including Army Soldiers Killed By Suicide Bomb Attack In Vishwamadu

Twenty Eight People Including Twenty Army Soldiers and Eight Civilians Were Killed When a Female Suicide Bomber who was Among the Returnees to Vishwamadu Area from the LTTE Held Area Explode Her self This Morning at a Registration Center Of In Displaced People in Dharmapuram .Another 64 including 40 In displaced Persons Got Injured from this Attack According to the Security Sources.There are Small Children Among the Dead.Injured were Air Lifted to the Anuradhapura Hospital and Action will taken to Air Lift Seriously Injured to the Colombo National Hospital.Security Sources Said.The Bomber Explodes Her Self When Army Soldiers tried to Check Her It was Revealed.
LTTE Rebels are now Restricted to 172 Square Kilo Meter Area in the North and they Have no Control over Civilians Sources Further Added.Meanwhile the United Nations And the United States Condemned This Morning's Suicide Blast

FORIEGN NEWS-Ninty Three People Killed Due To Deadly Bush Fires In Australia

Ninty Three People including A Famous News Reader of Channal Nine T.V Station Brian Naylor were Killed Due to the Deadly Bush Fires Erupted in The Australian States of Victoria and New South Wales As the Killer Heat Wave Stuck their on Saturday.There were Children among the killed six people died when their vehicle got Caught to to fire while trying to Escape.Dozens of Residents are Still went Missing and More then Seven Hundred Houses had been Destroyed what it called the Most Deadliest Bush Fires happened in the Australian History due to Severe Drought and Rising Temperatures.
Victoria is the Most affected State on these Bush Fires and all ninety three killed were reported from the state.Bush Fire Spreads Around 3000 Square Kilo Meters of land and it is larger area then Luxamborg and Three as the Size as Hong Kong Experts Said.It Spreads to Some parts of the New South Wales including Sydney as well and Fire Fighters Are still trying to Stop Thirty Bush Fires According to the latest Reports.Death Toll Expected to Rise And Australian Premier Kevin Rudd Promised 10 Million Australian dollars Aid Package for the Victims.Federal Troops joined Fire Fighters to help Preventing the Spreading of Fire.
Yesterday The Temperatures in Victoria Rose to high as 47 Degrees Celsius(117 Degrees Faranhite) and 44 Degrees Celsius in Sydney.

7000 People Returned From LTTE Held Areas

Around 7000 Indisplaced Persons who were Trapped in side the LTTE Held Areas Returned to the Cleared Areas Yesterday. New Borns and Elderly People are Among these Returnees.Government Launched a Special Welfare Programme for the well being of these Prople.

Sea Tiger Leader Soosai Believed To Be Killed In Yesterday's Air Strikes

Sri Lankan Air Force Says that LTTE'S Sea Tiger Leader Soosai is believed to be Killed When Air Jets Destroyed His Hideout Yesterday.He is believed to be In side of the Hide Out when the Attack Took Place.It is Reported that another Few LTTE Leaders also killed due to this Attack which also Destroyed the LTTE Communication Center.LTTE now Restricted to a 172 Square Kilo Meter Area.

Sydney To Become The Latest Victim Of Global Warming As A Killer Heat Wave Hit The City To Day

As a Result of the Much Talked about Global Warming A Killer Heat Wave That Struckd Several Parts of Australia Is Due To Hit Australia's Biggest City Sydney Either To Day or Tomorrow Australian Weather Experts Says.The Temperature of Sydney Is Currently Stands as 35 Degrees Celsius and Expected to Peek to a Record Of 44 Degrees in the Latter Part of the Day.New South Wales where the City Located Is to Become world's Hottest Place by Tomorrow when the Temperatures Are Expected to Rise as much as 47 Degrees Celsius Much more than the Hottest Deserts in Africa and the Middle East Experts Stressed.
Hospitals Are on Alert as they Expected More Patients with Heat Related Disorders and Fire Brigades are on Alert to Prevent a Possible Out Break of Bush Fires Common in Australia when the Heat is Rising.Doctors Issued Warnings to the Sydney Residents to Drink Plenty Of Water and Dehydrated Themselves as well as Not Scorching the Sun and Avoid Traveling Especially the Elderly and Small Children Who are Prone to the Heat Related Disorders. It has Been Reported that Around 100 Bush Fires were Occurred Out Side Sydney During Past Weak and the Flames of fires were Flown to the Beeches in the City and they are seen as Black Now.A thick Cloud of Smoke Can be Seen Behind the Famous Sydney Bridge These Days Reports Further Added.
High Temperatures were Recorded In Most Parts of the Australia since the Summer Begins in January and Dozens of People Died Due to the Heat Related Stress and Hypertension in the State of Victoria It has been Reported.

Essential Pain Killer Drug Pethidine Ran Out Of Stock In Government Hospitals

There is a Severe Shortage of the Essential Pain Killer Injection Vial "Pethidine" (IV/IM ,75 mg/50 mg)at Government Hospitals Throughout The Island these days as Medical Supplies Division had Removed around Five Hundred Thousand Of Expired Vials of those injections From the Hospitals.These Vials were Expired on 31st of January and It is Believe that they were Purchased when the Expiring Date is nearing The President of the All Ceylon Medical Officers Association Dr.Gishantha Dassanayaka has Urged.He Further said that there will be a Financial Freud Behind the  Purchasing of  these Injection Vials as the Ministry Bought them More than the Required Amount.This is Another Reason for the Expiring of these Vials He Added.

'Pethidine" is Known as an Essential Dangerous Drug Used as a Pain Killer for those Wounded including Wounded Army Soldiers and the Patients treated in Intensive Care Units and Obstetric and Gynecology wards and also Used for those Facing Complex Surgeries According to Dr.Dassanayaka.Due to the Shortage of this Drug these Patients are Facing Severe Hardships He Stressed.

When Contacted The Director General Of the Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis Said that A New Batch Of Pethidine will BE Airlifted and Distributed to the Hospitals in one week's Time.The Removed Expired Stock Of the Drug will be Destroyed Soon He has Further Added.

Western Provincial Council Election Nominations Begins On 19th

Nominations for the Western Provincial Council Polls to be Hand Over from 19th to 26th of this Month Elections Department Announced This Evening.Government Dissolved the Western Provincial Council Last Wednesday.

Troops Captured Tiger Held Chelai And Vishwamadu

Troops Attached to the 55th Division Fully Captured the Chalai and Vishwamadu Areas In the Mulativu District Minister Keheliya Rambukwella Announced This Afternoon.LTTE's Largest Sea Tiger Base in the Chelai Also Captured He Said.

Kelaniya University Students Clashes With Police

Kelaniya University Students Clash with the Police Inside the University Premises This Evening.No Casualties are Reported.

SLAF Jets Destroyed LTTE Main Communication Centre

Sri Lanka Air Force Jets Destroyed LTTE's Main Communication Centre in Puthukudirippu And Area Leaders Command Centre To Day.

Supreme Court Grants Permission To Proceed Arjuna's Petition

Supreme Court Grants Permission To Day to Proceed with Petition Filed by MP and Former Cricket Interim Committee Chairman Arjuna Ranathunga Against his Removal from the Post.He Filed This Petition Against the Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge by Stating That his Fundemental Rights Are Violated Due to His Removal which was Illegal.

Susanthika To Retire From Athletics

Sri Lankan Ace Sprinter And Olympic Bronze Medelist Susanthika Jayasinha Informed the President Mahinda Rajapaksha To Day That She is Retiring from Athletics.Susanthika won the Bronze Medel for the 200 Meters Known as Her Pet Event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and became the Second Sri Lankan to Win a Medal at a Olympics Since 1948.

Hailing from a Remote Village of "Athnawala" in the Hill Country Susanthika Won the Silver Medal at the International Athlatic Federation's World Athlatic Meat At Athens in Greece on 1992.Also She Got Many International And Local Medals and Awards To Her Credit.

US Secretary Of State And UK Foriegn Secretary Requests SL Govt.And LTTE A No Fire Period

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom David Miliband to day Call on the Sri lankan Government and LTTE to Agree on a Temporary No Fire Period.They Made this Request in a View of Evacuating the Trapped Civilians In the Battle Zone.

Co-Chairs Urged LTTE To Lay Down Arms And Discuss With The Government

The Tokyo Co-Chairs of the Sri Lankan Peace Process Norway,Japan,United States and the European Union To Day Calls on LTTE To lay down Arms and Enter Discussions with the Government and to Accept Government Offer of Amnesty.They Also Asked the LTTE to Participate as a Political Party and Try to achieve a Just and Long Lasting Political Solution to The Conflict.Also Co-Chairs Appealed From Both the Government and the LTTE to Respect International Humanitarian Law.
Regarding the Civilians Trapped in the North Due to the On going Battle Co Chairs Express their Concern on them and Asked Both the Government and the LTTE to Declare a No Fire Period to helping the Evacuation of Sick and Wounded Civilians from the Battle Zone.

President Rajapaksha Urged The Communities Left The Country To Return

President Mahinda Rajapaksha To Day Urged All Communities who have Left the Country To Return As Terrorism is Almost Defeated.President Made this Remarks in His Address to the Nation of the Sixty First Independence Day Celebrations held at the Independence Square This Morning.President Also Said that The Terrorism In Sri Lanka which Some Described as Invincible will Completely Defeated Shortly and Paid his Tribute to the Soldiers who are Involved in combating the Terrorists.

Health Secretary Requests The Red Cross To Assure The Safety Of Trapped Civilians In The North

Health Secretary Dr Athula Kahanda Liyange To Day appealed to the International Red Cross Society from a Written Letter to Make a Request to the LTTE To Allow the Civilians,and Patients Trapped inside the Rebel Hold Areas To Return to the Cleared Areas Through the Safety Passage .Health Secretary Made this appeal After the provincial Health Directors of Mulativue and Kilinochchi Requests Him to Do So.

Nurse Attached To Udayakattur Hospital Killed Due To Artillary Fire

Government Nursing Officers Association Said that A Nurse Attached to the Udayakattur Temporary Hospital in the Mulativu District was Killed To Day Due to the Artillery Fire.Twenty Four Year Old Thawarasa Kavidgadani Who Joined the Nursing Service Five And Half Months Ago Killed on an Artillary Attack hit On the Hospital the President of the Nursing Officers Association Mr.Saman Rathnapriya Says.He already Requested the Health Secretary Dr.Athula Kahanda Liyanage To Take Measures to Transfer the Body of the Deceased Nurse to Vavuniya Hospital.
The Association Further Demanded the Government,and The Red Cross to Intervene the Releasing of Around One Hundred Fifty Health Services Personal Taken as Hostages By the LTTE and Urged LTTE to Released them Immediately.

Sri Lankan Embassy In Berlin Attacked

Foreign Ministry Secretary Dr.Palitha Kohona Said that the Supporters of The LTTE In Berlin To Day Attacked the Sri Lankan Embassy There.

Troops Captured The Last Air Strip Of The LTTE In Puthukudirippu

The Seventh and the Last Air Strip Belongs to the LTTE has been Captured by the Troops Attached to the 58th Division To Day At Puthukudiyirippu Area.This Air Strip is Two Kilo Meters Long and Fifty Meters Wide.

Murali Equals The One Day Record

Sri Lanka's Ace Spinner Muththaia Muralideran To Day Equals the Wasim Akram's World Record One Day Wicket Tally of 502 In the Match with India Played At the R.Premadasa Stadium,Colombo.

Health Secretary Dissolved The Technical Evaluation Committee Of The Junitorial Tender

Health Secretary Dr.Athula Kahanda Liyanage Friday Dissolved the Technical Evaluation Commitee(TEC) Appointed for the Janitorial Services Tender of the Thirty Seven Government Hospitals Last October.The Committee Was Recommended to Offer the Tender for the Highest Bid and Due to this Controversial Recommendation Secretary Dissolved the Committee and will Appoint a Fresh Committee for the Tender soon Health Ministry Sources Said.dissolved Committee was Compromised with Five Members Including of an Additional Secretary of the Ministry. The Rs.240 Million worth Tender will Offer for the Services of Thirty Seven Government Hospitals Attached to the Ministry.
The Previous Contract Offered to a Contractor Regarding the Janitorial Services of the Hospitals Expired Last September and the Health Ministry Called Tender Applications for the Services Last October.But Failed to Complete the Procedure Due to the Biased Activities of the Chairman of the Technical Evaluation Committee who is in the View that the Tender Should be Awarded to the Highest Bid and Influenced Other Members to Agreeing His Decision.However Other Four Members of the Committee are Refused to Accept his Decision and It Resulted the Sending Committee Recommendation to the Public Finance Commission Seeking An Advise.

Thilanga Sumathipala Joines The Governing Party

Managing Director Of the Sumathi Group and Former Cricket Board Chairman Mr.Thilanga SumathipalaTo Day Joined the Governing United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) at a Public Rally held in Hanguranketha in The Nuwara Eliya District.Mr.Sumathipala Expressed His Solidarity to the President there.He is Due to Contest for the Forthcoming Western Provincial Council Elections under the UPFA Ticket.

Two UN Employees Released And Thirteen Are Still In The LTTE Custody

Two United Nations Convoys Who are Forcibly Detained by the LTTE Few Weaks Ago were Released and Another Thirteen Local UN Staff are Still Remain In their Custody According to the UN Sources.These UN Employees were Detained when they Entered the Tiger Held Putukkudiyarppu Area after they Distributed the Food Stock to those People Trapped There.But After the Distribution of The Food LTTE Not Allowed Them to Return.

UN Office in Colombo Made Repeated Apeals From LTTE To Relese these Employees But The Rebels Are Not Responding To it.

UNICEF Denies That Their Vehicle Found From Tiger Held Vishwamadu

United Nations Children's Educational Fund(UNICEF) Denied The Statement made by the Sri Lankan Army on A Toyota Double Cab with the UNICEF Logo was Seizing From the LTTE At Viswamadu Town.UNICEF Says in a Statement That They are not having Such Vehicles and Therefore no truth in that Story.

However Relieble Sources said that In the Recent Years UNICEF had Provided Double Cab Vehicles to the Ministries of Health,Education,Social Services And Social Welfare and to the National Water Supplies And Water Drainage Board for their Activities.

Navy Destroyed A Suicide Boat Of LTTE

Sri lankan Navy Attack Boats Deployed in the Mulativu Seas Destroyed a LTTE Suicide Boat With Poweful Explosives Around 3 In the Morning Navy Sources Said.The Destroyed Boat Launched It's Trip from the Mulativue Coast and the Navy Boats Destroying it by Directing Heavy Artillary Gun Fire Sources Further Added.At Present The Navy Deployed Four Blockades Along the North Eastern Coast of the Island to Prevent LTTE'S Arm Supplies and Escaping f LTTE Cadres via Sea Route.

Western Provincial Council Due To Dissolved To Night

Western Provincial Council is Due to Dissolved Midnight To Day Western Provincial Governor Announced This Morning.

Troops Found A Submarine And Luxary Houses Belongs To LTTE

Sri Lankan Army Special Force -3 has Recovered A 35 Feet Long Submarine Belongs to LTTE and a Career Used to Transport it From the Vishwamadu Area.The Recovered Career has been used by the Rebels to Transport the Submarine to Udayarkattukulam the North of Puthukudirippu Security Forces said.This Submarine is known as the World's first of it's kind Belongs to a Rebel Group.
Troops Also Found 15 Large Luxary Houses Belonging to LTTE In Udayarkattukulam Area in Vishwamadu According to the Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.Three Hangers Ranging 15 Meters To 75 Meters were also Found during the Search Operation He Stressed.

Troops Gained Control Over Vishwamadu Town

Troops attached to the 58th Division Fully Gained Control over the Important Vishwamadu Town This Morning.Now the Troops are Consolidating their Positions over a Ten Kilo Meter Strech of Road Towards Chundikulam Security Sources Said.

Troops Entered The Vishwamadu Junction

Troops Attached to 58th Division Reached Vishwamadu Village Junction To Day(28) Security Sources Said.

Police Evicted A Group Of LTTE Supporters Forcibly Entered Sri Lankan Consul In Canada

Canadian Police Evicted A Group Of LTTE Supporters Who are Forcibly Entered the Sri Lankan Consul At Toronto This Morning, Consuler Bandula Jayasekera Said.

Health Ministry Supplied All Medical Facilities To The Vavuniya Hospital DGHS Says

All the Medical Facilities including Medical Specialists are Supplied to the Vavuniya General Hospital For Treating the Wounded Soldiers Involved in Humanitarian Offensive in the North and In displaced Persons there Health Ministry Says To Day(28).Around Eleven Specialists Appointed For the Vavuniya Hospital For this Purpose and the Interns Attached to the Ragama Teaching Hospital Sent to Two Camps where Around 2000 In displaced Persons Residing for Treating Them Ministry Stressed.

According to the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis There are No Truth of the Rumour Spread by Some Elements saying that there are No Doctors in Vavuniya Hospital To Provide Treatment for Soldiers.

Danish Government To Ban TRO

Government of Denmark Decides to Ban the Fund Raising Organization of the LTTE The Tamil Rehabilitation Organization(TRO).While Banning the TRO Activities in Denmark Danish Government is Keen to Continue Offering of GSP Plus To Sri Lanka Says Mr.Lars Bredal the Acting Head And the Director General Of The Department of the Asian And Latin Amarican Activities.

Meanwhile Danish Prime Minister Anders Ghof Ramussen Praised the Sri Lankan Troops for Successfully Combating the LTTE Terrorists when the Sri Lankan Ambassedor to Denamrk and Sweden Mr.Ranjith Jayasuriya Met Him Last Week.

Indian External Affairs Minister Hold Talks With President Rajapaksha

Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukarjee Who Arrived Here Yesterday Said that President Mahinda Rajapaksha said during the Discussion with him that Military victories will offer Political Opportunities to Restore Peace and Normalcy In North and the East.Mr.Mukarjee On a Emergancy Visit to Sri Lanka Hold Talks with President yesterday on the Situation in North And the East.

Indian Cricket Team To Arrive This Wednesday

Indian National Cricket Team is due to Arrive Sri Lanka this Wednesday for a Test Series and Five One Day Internationals.Toss will play a crucial Role in the One Day Matches says the Indian Cricket Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni while Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardana says that his out of form with the bat will not affect to his captaincy.
Sri Lankan Cricket Team returned Home yesterday after completing two Successful Tours in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Appointments Of 780 Post Interns Got Delayed

The Post Internship Appointments of Around 780 Post Interns got delayed from Two Months According to the Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) .Even The Public Services Commission(PSC) gave an Approval to these Appointments Ministry of Health Delaying their Appointments without a Valid Reason GMOA Charged.These Doctors Completed their Internships Almost Two Months Ago.

Troops Liberated The Mulativu Town

Sri Lankan Troops Attached to the 59th Division Liberated the LTTE Strong hold Mulativu Town this morning after 13 years.Troops also captured a bomb manufacturing plant in the Mulativu Distric earliert. LTTE Captured the Mulativue Town from the Troops in 1996.
After Troops Liberated the Town LTTE Rebels Restricted to 2o by 15 Square Kilo Meter Area.

LTTE Blasted The Kalmadukulam Tank Bund

LTTE To Day Blasted the Kalmadukulam Tank Bund By using Heavy Explosives To Prevent the Army from Entering The All Important Visvamadu Village in the Mulativue District.Kalmadukulam Tank Spreads over 5 Square Kilo Meters with a Capacity of Supplementing the Irrigation Water to over 500 Acres of Land.It has been Reported that Due to Tank Bund was Destroyed There's a Flood Situation in the Area .This will Cause enormous Hardships to The Tamil People Trapped There,LTTE'S Artillery Weapons are Located in the Visvamadu Village and If The Army Capturing it It will Make a Huge Impact on the Rebels.

Health Ministry Ordered Pharmaceutical Reps.To Meet Hospital Docs Only Twice A Weak

Ministry Of Health Directed All The Hospital Directors From a Circular To Allow Private Pharmaceutical Company Sales Representatives Only Two Days A Weak To Meet Hospital Doctors Instead of Everday Allowed to Them by Earlier.According to The Ministry Sources Pharmaceutical Reps will Not Allowing to Meet Doctors at their Clinics or Wards and Can Meet Them In Meeting Places or Seminar Rooms.

Rivira Editor And His Wife Were Attacked And Stabbed By Four Persons

Four Unidentified Persons Armed with Poles and Knives Attacked and Stabbed the Chief Editor of the "Rivira" Newspaper and the President of the Editors Guild Mr Upali Tennakoon This Morning.He and His wife on their way to Work from Their House at Imbulgoda in The Gampaha District When this Attack Occured.Mr.Tennakoon and His Wifa Mrs.Dhammika Got Admitted to the Accident Service of the Colombo General Hospital and Their Condition is Stable Doctors said.
Four Unidentified Gunmen Who Came with Motor Bikes Blocked the Mr.Tennakoon's Vehical and They Broken the Windskreen of His Side and Attacked Him with Knives According to Mrs.Dhammika who was in front Seat at that time."I Screemed And From My Hands Covered Him.When I Covered Him They Stabbed His Face from the Knives and My Right Hand Too was Injured From the Attack.After Attacking us Thugs Fled Away In Front of the Crowd Gathered there" She Stressed.Thugs Involved in this Attack Covered Their Faces with Helmets Mrs.Dhammika Further Added.

Malaysia On Alert Over Prabakaren

Malaysian Police Chief Musa Hassen To Day Ordered a Nationwide Alert on LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabakaren as It is Reported that He May have Fled to malaysia.
Meanwhile Sri Lankan Troops Today Captured an LTTE Control Center In Mulativue and a Boat Manufacturing Plant in Pudikuduirippu Area.

Arjuna Files A Case Against The Sports Minister

Former Cricket Interim Committee Chairman and Parlimentarian Arjuna Ranathunga To Day(22) Filed a Fundamental Rights Case In The Supreme Court Against The Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge's Decision On Dissolving The Interim Committee Few Weeks Ago.He Claiming Rs 5 Million Damage from the Minister and Requesting to Reinstate the Dissolved Committee.

LTTE Refused To Allow UN Staff Return From Vanni

LTTE Refused To Allow UN Staff Working in Vanni as Humanitarian Mission to Return From Vanni with Their Present convoy UN Office In Colombo Announced To Day(22).UN Office Strongly Protest Against the LTTE Move.