Friday, January 30, 2009

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.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

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.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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.

Monday, January 26, 2009

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.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

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.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

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.

Friday, January 23, 2009

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.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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.

LTTE Hold 150 Health Workers As Hostages


Health Services Trade Union Alliance(HSTUA) To Day Revealed that The LTTE Forcibly Taken 150 Health Workers Including 20 Nurses Attached to the Kilinochchi Hospital As Hostages and Holding them inside a Temporary Hospital Building at Mulativue.Others who Are Taken as Hostages Including Minor Staff and Public Health Inspectors served in the Northern Provincial Hospitals.The President of the Alliance Mr.Saman Rathnapriya Requested LTTE To Released These Health Personal and Allow them to Move in to The Government Held Areas.

Jayawardanapura Hospital Is A White Elephant -GMOA


Government Medical Officers Association To day Condemned the Poor Governing of the Sri Lanka's Only Semi Government Hospital Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital Saying that The Hospital It self Running Out of Patients and In to a Position of Begging Patients from The Government Hospitals.
Addressing a Press Briefing In Colombo To Day Dr.Upul Gunasekara The Assistant Secretary Of The Association Said that The Cardio Thoracic Surgeons of the Hospital Last weak appealed to the Ministry Of Health to Send Cardiac Patients who Are in the Waiting List of the Colombo National Hospital with the Money For Jayawardenapura Hospital Due to they are Not having Patients to Perform Surgeries.However The Cardio Thoracic Unit of the Hospital Is Currently Facing A Drug and Equipment Shortage and How they Can Perform the Surgeries under This kind of Circumstance Is a Question He Stressed. The Governing Board of the Hospital Is Engaged In Spending Heavily The Funds Received By The Hospital For Useless Things like Painting A kitchen Instead of Developing the Infrastructure Dr Gunasekara Said.
If the Health Ministry Not Taking Steps to Correct this Irregularities of the Jayawardenapura Hospital Within Two Weeks Time GMOA Will Take A Stern Action against It He further Added.

Health Ministry To Send Controversial Tender Report On Cleaning Services To The PFC


Health Ministry Tender Board on Cleaning Services Of Thirty Seven Government Hospitals Decides To Send The Controversial Technical Evaluation Report of The Tender Awarding To the Public Finance Commission(PFC) Seeking their Advise .Technical Evaluation Report Presented to the Tuesday's Tender Board Meeting Recommended to Award the Tender to the Highest Bid Ministry Sources said.Evaluation Committee Chairman is In the View that Tender should Be Awarded to The Highest Bid But Rest of the Four Members in the Committee Are Saying that the Tender Should be Awarded To the Company Presented the Lowest Bid.
Technical Evaluation Committee Is Divided in to Two groups on the Issue and Due to This Tender Board Decides to Sent the Controversial Report to the Public Finance Commission Before Taking a Decision.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Main Opposition UNP Handover A No Confidence Motion Against The Govt.


The Main Opposition United National Party(UNP)Handover the No Confidence Motion Against the Government At Parliment This Morning On Controversial Oil Hedging Issue .This Motion was Hand Over To the Speaker.UNP Also Handover a No Confidence Motion Against the Government Few Weeks ago but Not able to Proceed it Further.

Ceylon Green Tea Is Proved To Be A Healthy Drink Prevents Many Diseases According To A Research


Two Medical Researchers A Sri Lankan and A Singaporean Revealed that the Ceylon Green Tea is Useful For Preventing Strokes and Stress According to the Research Done By them.One of the Researchers who are Taking Part of This Research Dr.Ranil De Silva Of the Anatomy Department Of the Sri Jayawardanapura Medical Faculty Says that the Substance Flevanoids contain In the Green Tea Helps to Prevent Brain Cell Damage which is the Main Cause for the Stroke."So Ceylon Green Tea is Not Just a Drink It's a Healthy Drink for Healthy Living" He Stressed.
Other Researcher Who is Taking Part on This Research Professor Y.Z Zhu of the Singaporean National University Medical Faculty said that the Ceylon Green Tea Is Proved to Be A Healthy Drink with Benefits In this Research.
These facts were Revealed During a Press Briefing held Yesterday at the Information Department Auditorium in Colombo.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Foreign - Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President Of The United States


Barack Obama Sworn In as 44th President Of The United States Of America Few Hours ago In front Of Large Number of People Including Former Presidents Of US At the National Park In washington D.C.Jo Biden Sworn in as the New Vice President Before the President Obama's Inauguration,The Sworn In Ceremony Of the American President Watched Live By the Millions Of Viewers World Wide Through The Television.
The Inauguration Of the US President Took place Under Heavy Security and Millions of People Gathered to the Inauguration Venue Hours Before The Ceremony Begins.Former US Presidents Jimmy Carter,George.W.Bush Senior,George Bush Junior And Bill Clinton are among the Distinguish Invitees Participated for the Ceremony.Filled with Charm and Passion Barack Obama Took his Oaths as New President and Deliver His Inauguration Speech Afterwards.He Then Signed Cabinet Nominations and the Declaration of Peace and Reconciliation As His First Act Of Duty After Took Office.
Afterwards New President and His Vice President Took Lunch at the Statuary Hall with the Congress Members.Three Course Meal Menu Including Seafood Stew,Peasent,Duck,Molasses Sweet Potatoes and Apple Cinamon Sponge Cake is Specially Prepared For This Occasion.After the Lunch President Obama Left For White House From a Motor Cade with the Cheers of the Large People who are Gathered to the Street Corner to Great Him.Earlier Officials said that they Expect Around 1.2 Million People to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the US President. At least One Million People Gathered to the Park Few Hours Earlier of the Inauguration.
As Obama Sworn In Out going President George w Bush will Leaving the President's Official Residence White House.Meanwhile People all over the world are Begun Their Celebrations to Mark Obama's Inauguration As President Today Including his Native Country Kenya and Japan where a City of Obama located.

Dengue Alert In Colombo


Dengue Is in Rise in the Colombo City and Fifty Eight Dengue Patients were Reported From the City During the last Twenty days of January Says Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam The Chief Medical Officer in Colombo.Out of this Number Fifty Three Are Young Chidren and Youth and Among them Twenty Five are Infants Under the Age Five.Twenty Dengue Patients are Reported from the Modara Area.
Only Eighteen Dengue Patients Reported During the January Last year.

Ministry Of Health To Send Medical Teams To Cleared Areas In The North


Ministry Of Health Is Currently Engaged in Discussions with The Health Trade Unions Regarding Sending Medical Teams From Colombo To the Cleared Areas in the North Including the Kilinochchi in the view to Uplifting Health Facilities there.The Schedule For Sending Medical Teams will Finalised Soon after the Talks Ministry Sources Said.

Ministry Of Health To Ban Prescribing Lab Tests Available In Govt.Hospitals To Get Done From Pvt.Sector


Minisry Of Health Decided to Ban Govenment Doctors Of Prescribing The Patients Lab Tests Performed at the Hospitals To Get Done From the Private Hospitals.The Circular Regarding this Decision will Be Issued to the Heads of All Government Hospitals Soon Says Director General Of Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis.If a Government Doctor Prescribed A Lab Test Available in the Hospital to get Done from Private Sector It is a Big Fault He Stressed.
Ministry Also Decided to Supply Neccessary Lab Chemicals and Equipments To the Government Hospitals For Performing Complexive Lab Tests and This Programme will Begin from the Lady Ridgway Children's Hoapital in Colombo and will Spread to Other Hospitals Afterwards Dr.Mendis Further Added.
It is Reported That the Government Hospital Doctors are Prescribing Patients Simple Tests Like Full Blood Count(FBC) And Fasting Blood Suger(FBS)available in the Government Hospitals To get Done From the Private Sector.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Sri Lankan Lead Health Trade Unionist Sacked From His Post


A Well Known Health Sector Trade Unionist Ravi Kumudesh lost his Secretary Post of the Health Services Trade Union Alliance(HSTUA) Which Himself was a Founding Member.Mr.Kumudesh Who is also the Secretary of the Medical Laboratory Technologists Union and of the Profesions Supplementary to Medicine Sacked from the Secretary Post in the Alliance Due to his Inability to Make The Other Unions he hold posts to participating the Trade Union Actions Organized by the Alliance.
Health Services Trade Union Alliance which Compromised by Health Trade Unions Representing 28 Categories Appointed Two Joint Secretaries To the Vaccant Secretary Post After Sacking kumudesh.

Supreme Court Ordered To Cancel Route Permits Of The Private Buses In Western province Who 's Crew Not Wearing Uniforms


Supreme Court Ordered the Western Transport Authority Today(19) To Cancel the Route Permits of the Private Buses Who's Crew fails to Wear Uniforms Issued to them and Issuing Tickets to the Passengers By 15th of February.Transport Ministry Issued New Uniforms to The Bus Crew in Early January.

Majority Of Government Patients Avoid Buying Prescribed Drugs Due To The Higher Prices


It is Revealed that Most Of the Sri Lankan Patients Going to the Government Hospitals are Avoid of Buying the Expensive Drugs Prescribed By the Doctors to Buy from the Private Sector Due to the Financial Problems they are facing.Doctors are Prescribing Expensive Drugs while Same Kind of Drugs are Available for Lower prices.
Doctors are Prescribing Expensive Drugs for the Patients for Diseases like Diabetes e,Hypertension,Cholesterol,Heart and Kidney Diseases.Some Tablets are Expensive as Rs30 -50 Per Tablet and Most of the Government Patients are not able to Borne the Expenses.
The Result of this is Developing their Diseases Further Hospital Sources said.
Meanwhile The Ministry Of Health says that The Patients Find Difficult to Buying these
Drugs Prescribed by the Doctors is due to they are Prescribed From Trade Names.Due to The Ban Imposed by the Ministry for Prescribing Drugs for the Patients In Trade Names Patients can Request the Doctors to Prescribe the Drugs by Generic Names Instead of Trade Names Ministry Further said.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Troops Captured LTTE Boat Manufacturing Plant


Sri Lankan Troops Captured A LTTE Boat Manufacturing Plant East of Pudukudieruppu Area This Morning and Recovered 11 Boats Including 2 Divora and 7 Small Boats There.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Dr.Sarath Amunugama The New Dep.Finance Minister


Minister Of Public Administration Dr.Sarath Amunugama Today(17)Sworn in as the Deputy Minister Of Finance Before the President.He Succeds Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and hold this Portfolio Few years ago.

Troops Liberated The Ramanathanpuram


Troops who are Heading to Capture The Final LTTE strong hold Mulativue District Liberated Ramanathanpuram North East of Iranamadu This Morning.Troops attached to 57th Division of the Army Liberated the Area.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Colombo Municipal Council To Take legal Action Against Those Who Throw Garbage To Road Side


Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council Decides to Take a Legal Action against the Residents who are putting their Garbage on The Road sides in Colombo City as a Precaution for Preventing the Spreading of Dengue.This Decision came to Effect From Today The Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam said.During the last 16 days of this Month 38 Dengue Cases Reported from the Colombo City and Out of them 23 were Children According to Dr.Kariyawasam.
January Last Year only 18 Dengue Cases Reported from the City. There is an Out Break of the Disease Due to the Garbage Problem in the City as Mosquito Breeding Places are on Increase He stressed.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Director Post Of Dengue Campaign Vaccant-Dengue Prevention Activities Became Stand Stil


The Director Post of the National Dengue Control Campaign Is Vacant Since Last August And Prevention and Adminstrative Activities of the Campaign Become Standstill Due to this.The Director Post Was Vacant After the Former Director Dr.(Mrs)Lakshmi De Silva Retired from the Service last August.But Since than Ministry Of Health Not Advertise the Post or Appoint An Acting Director To Look after the Activities of the Dengue Campaign.Programmes on Dengue And Chikungunya Prevention Are Implemented by the National Dengue Campaign.
Since Dengue Becomes An Epidemic In Sri Lanka This Campaign is Set Up Implement Dengue Prevention Activities Effectively.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Forces Liberated The Whole Jaffna Penninsula


Sri Lankan Troops Attached to 55th Division Liberated the Whole Jaffna Peninsula From LTTE after Capturing Tiger Held last Area of Chundikkulam This Evening.Minister Keheliya Rambukwella Announced this Short while Ago.

Forces Captured LTTE Adminstrative Center And A Training Camp


Sri Lnakan Forces who are Moving Forward To Liberate Mulativue District Captured the LTTE Administrative Center and A Tiger Training Center in the Pudukuduirippu Area This Morning.From these Centers Army Recovered Ten Tiger Boats,Five Hundred Water Tanks with Capacity Of Two Hundred Liters,Large Number of Metresses,Pillows and Other Belongings.

Sri Lankan Govt.Begun The Registering Of Citizens In The Western Province


As a Security Measure Sri Lankan Government Now Registering All The Citizens In the Western Province Of Sri Lanka.After Registration of the Province get completed This Programme will Expand Throughout the Island Government sources said.Registration Can Done through The WWW.citizens.lk website and from Mobile centers.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Health Ministry To Prevent Govt.Docs By Recommending Their Patients Lab Tests From Private Sector?


Health Ministry is to Carried out an Investigation to Identify why the Government Hospital Doctors Recommended their Patients to Get Blood and Urine Tests Done from Private Hospitals when These Tests are Available in Government Hospitals.Even The
Simple Tests like Full Blood Count(FBC),Fasting Blood Suger(FBS) And UFR Urine Tests Which can Done through Government Hospital Path Labs are Recommended to Get Done
from Private Sector Hospital Sources Said.'This is a Big Fault and Will Take
A Necessary Action to Correct it" Says The Health Ministry Secretary Dr.Athula
Kahanda Liyanage.Ministry Will Discuss This Matter with the Government Hospital
Administrators Before Taken a Decision He Further Added.
Patients Who are Getting Treatment From the Government Hospitals Faced Difficulties Due To this situation.

Sri Lankan Air Force Jets Attacked Ten LTTE Targets A Row


Sri Lankan Air Force Jets Attacked Ten LTTE Targets in the Mulativue District This Morning.These Attacks Are proved to be Successful According to the Air Force Sources.

Supreme Court Gave Govt.Till 27th Of January To Respond On Petrol Reduction


Supreme Court To Day(13)gave the Government Time till 27th of January to Respond the Court's Earlier Ruling of Reducing the Petrol Liter TO RS 100.Government Recently Reduced the Petrol Liter To Rs.102 For Three Wheelers and Rs.120 Per Liter for Others.but Government Requested Three Weak Period to Show Causes to the Supreme Court on Price Reduction.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Lasanta Bids Farewell To The Nation


The Funeral of the Assassinated Sunday Leader Editor Lasanta Wickramatunge Taken Place at the Borella General Cemetery This Evening In Front Large Gathering.His Coffin was taken into the Cathedral At Narahenpita From His Residence in Battaramulla and To The Cemetery Afterwards.Journalists and Politicians were among the Large Gathering Attended to His funeral.Professional Journalists Association and Several Leftist Political Parties and NGO'S are Walking along with the Coffin Shouting Slogans Against the Lasantha's Killers.
Lasantha Wickramathunge was Assassinated by an Unidentified Gunmen At Rathmalana in the Colombo Suburbs Last Thursday Morning.Still No one Arrested Regarding this Killing.Meanwhile Members of the Sri Lankan Bar Association Hold a Protest Campaign This Morning Against the killing of Lasanta who himself was a Lawyer and Member of the Association.

Sri Lankan Air Force Jets Destroyed Prabhakaren's Secret Hide out


Sri Lankan Air Force Jets Attacked and Destroyed A Secret Hide out Of the LTTE Leader Valupillai Prabhakaran and Other Senior Leaders Located At Mulativue District This Evening.Pilots involved in this Attack Reported That this Attack was Successful According to the Air Force Officials.It was Reported that the LTTE Leader and other Senior LTTE Leaders are Meeting at this Place.No Casualties are Reported So Far.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Sri Lankan Troops Captured Fourth Air Strip Of LTTE From Mulativue


Sri Lankan Troops belongs to the 59th Division have Captured the fourth LTTE Air Strip 2.5 kilo Meters by 100 Meters with Two hangers At five Kilo Meters West of Mulativue To Day.

Mount Lavinia Magistrate Ordered Dialog GSM To Relese Phone Numbers Made From Lasantha's Mobile


Mount Lavinia Magistrate Ordered the Dialog GSM Company to Immediately Release all the Phone Numbers Made from the Assassinated Editor Lasantha Wickramathunge's Moblie Phone in Past Few Days As Requested by the Mount Lavinia Police.Mount Lavinia Police Conducting Further Investigations on the Assassination.

UNP Urban Council Member Detained And Remanded In Connection With The Sirasa Attack


A United National Party Member of the Kotte Urban Council in Colombo District Taken into Custody Yesterday (09) and Remanded in Connection with Destroying the Sirasa T.V Main Control Room by Setting Fire to it .He was Arrested in Rajagiriya of the Colombo Suburbs with a White Vehicle believed to be Used for the Attack.Sirasa/MBC Network Main Control Room At Depanama ,Pannipitiya was Attacked Last Tuesday by an Unidentified Twenty member Gang By using Claymore Bombs and Setting Fire to it.Sirasa T.V Announced that A Reward of Rs.7.5 Million will be Awarded for Anyone who gives an Information on Suspects who are involved in this Attack.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Lasantha's Funeral On Monday


Funeral of the Assassinated "Sunday Leader" Editor Lasantha Wickramathunge will be Held This Monday At the General Cemetery in Borella,Colombo.Final Rites will Perform in a Church At Narahenpita Before The Burial.His Coffin was Taken to His News paper Office This Morning Before move into To His House at Battaramulla.Large number of people including journalists and politicians paid their last respect to the Late Editor.
Meanwhile Addressing a press briefing in Colombo The Secretary of the Main Opposition United National Party Said that His Party is Not Trust Any Inquiry Conducted by the Government Regarding the Lasantha's killing and therefore Requesting An International Inquiry on this.

Minister Fowzie And UNP MP Dayasiri Recieved Death Threats


Government Minister A.H.M Fowzie and Opposition United National Party Parliamentarian Dayasiri jayasekera Received Death Threats Through the Phone It has been Revealed Today(09).Minister fowzie already Lodged A Complaint to the Police on the Threats Received by him.

A Sudden Fire Erupted In A Tyre Shop At Armour Street

A sudden fire has broken out at a tyre shop near Armour street in Grandpass this evening (29) causing severe traffic congestion in the area....