Sri Lankan army is erecting a monument where LTTE chief V Prabhakaran was killed near the Nandikadal lagoon in Mullaittivu district to depict its final victory over the Tamil Tigers last year.
“A monument to mark the spot where LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran fell is being erected by the security forces,” the Sunday Times reported.
Around 10,000 [...]
Indian investigators into the assassination of its former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Has informed the special Court in Madras hearing the case on Friday they are yet to receive the death certificates of LTTE leader V.Prabhakaran and Pottu Amman from Sri Lankan authorities.
“We treat the suspects as still absconding,” the officials told the Court.
The case [...]
The Government of Sri Lanka has decided to release 713 rehabilitated LTTE cadres tomorrow. Among the rehabilitated LTTE cadres are ex LTTE child soldiers as well. Speaking to All India Radio and Doordarshan , Military Spokesperson Brigadier Udaya Nanyakkara said the LTTE cadres who are to be released are from Walikanda and Ambepussa Rehabilitation centres.
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A weapon believed to have belonged to the late LTTE leader Vellapullai Prabakaran was found buried, together with a large stock of other military items in the Vellamulliwaikkal area in Mulaitivu.
Senior DIG for Vavuniya Nimal Lewke had confirmed that the weapon found, a M-16A2 with a grenade launcher, was that used by the LTTE leader [...]
There was speculation yesterday that Friday s suicide attacker planned to target SLAF Chief Air Marshal Roshan Gunatilleke as he returned to his headquarters at Sir Chittampalam A Gardiner Mawatha.
Well informed sources asserted that the female bomber may have had anticipated Gunatilleke to return to his offices after attending Friday s ceremony at the Presidential [...]
Thousands of ethnic Tamils displaced during Sri Lanka’s war have gone home again, but are finding basic services and infrastructure lacking despite a massive government post-war resettlement program.
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The government has gradually been resettling around 300,000 ethnic minority Tamil people, most displaced in the final phase of the army offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...]
A plane seized in Bangkok with a cache of North Korean weapons wasn’t headed to Iran, a senior Thai police official said Wednesday, contradicting a report from arms trafficking experts.
Separately, the five-man crew insisted their final destination was Sri Lanka and not Iran, their lawyer said after visiting the jailed men.
Defense attorney Somsak Saithong told [...]
Sri Lanka will study a call by the United Nations for a report on the alleged shooting of surrendering Tamil rebel leaders by the army, saying the accusation is “baseless” and a humiliation for the country.
The government in Colombo said it will make a formal response to the request made by Philip Alston, the UN [...]
An aircraft seized at Bangkok airport laden with weapons from North Korea was en route to Iran, according to US media.
Mystery has surrounded the destination of the Ilyushin-76, which was found to be carrying 35 tons of missiles, including surface to air missiles and rocket launchers, after it made a refuelling stop [...]
Colombo – The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a ship reported to have been used by Tamil rebels to smuggle weapons, the Defence Ministry said Monday.
The vessel, known as the MV Princess Cristina, was escorted to Colombo harbour, the ministry said.
It did not say where the 89-metre-long ship was seized or the country of [...]
The Sri Lankan government on Sunday denied claims by a former army chief, who has turned presidential poll candidate, that orders had gone out not to spare rebel leaders who were willing to surrender during the final phase of the civil war which ended in May.
The final phase of the bloody war, which killed tens [...]
Sri Lankan forces eliminated surrendering Tiger leaders on the orders of the defence secretary who had instructed that “all LTTE leaders must be killed”, ex-army chief Gen Sarath Fonseka has claimed, prompting the government to describe it as a “great betrayal”.
In an explosive interview to The Sunday Leader, Gen Fonseka, opposition Presidential candidate, said no [...]
A three member high powered Sri Lankan delegation consisting of President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Senior Presidential Advisor, Basil Rajapaksa is visiting India beginning on Wednesday for consultations.
The troika has been functioning as an informal group on behalf of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to inform and interact with all those who matter [...]
Sri Lanka’s former military chief who led troops to victory over Tamil separatists in May said he fears fugitive rebels will try to assassinate him during his presidential election campaign.
Sarath Fonseka, who is trying to unseat President Mahinda Rajapakse in the January 26 elections, said that [...]
