India to send Emergency Medical Unit to SL

India on said today it would send a full fledged emergency medical unit to help civilians wounded in the conflict in Sri Lanka and work with Colombo to spur reconstruction process in that country. “India and Sri Lanka have agreed to work together to address the urgent medical needs of these civilians,” external affairs ministry [...]

Lalith Kotalawala remanded, ultimatum issued

SRI LANKA-Lalith Kotalawala and a director of Golden Key Credit company have been remanded moments ago by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate. As well an ultimatum was issued to settle the Rs. 26 billion deposits of Golden Key customers in 10 days. A warrant for Lalith’s wife Cecile Kotelawala was also issued.-dailymirror

ISI could infiltrate India through Sri Lanka – Chidambaram

The Indian government is alive to the threat of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) attempting to infiltrate its operatives into south India via Sri Lanka and has taken steps to counter this, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said today. “There is no specific report of an infiltration attempt via Sri Lanka but we cannot rule this out,” [...]

Forces enter Puthukudiyiruppu

SRI LANKA-Liberating Puthukudiyiruppu town will open more access to civilians fleeing Tigers: Security Forces engaged in the last phase of their Vanni liberation and poised to overrun the LTTE’s final bastion, entered Puthukudiyiruppu township yesterday morning following fierce fighting.-Dailynews

LTTE infiltration bid foiled- Mullaittivu

SRI LANKA-Sri Lanka Army 59 Division soldiers today (Feb 24) foiled an attempted infiltration bid by the LTTE terrorists in Mullaittivu. According to battlefield sources, heavy fighting have erupted as troops of 1 Sinha Regiment (1SR), and 9 Field Engineers intercepted a group of terrorist trying to infiltrate army forward boundary east of the Nanthikadal [...]

International Community should pressure LTTE – Rohitha

SRI LANKA-The International Community should pressure the LTTE to free civilians they hold captive so that they can reach the safety and freedom in government held areas enabling the government to bring the humanitarian operations to an early end, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said.source-dailymirror

We call on LTTE to lay down arms and surrender

SEI LANKA-Defence Affairs spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella described as hilarious the LTTE’s latest attempt to call for a truce and pleading for a ceasefire to the UN at a time when the outfit is all but defeated militarily. “The LTTE has written a letter to the United Nations, Britain, Japan, Norway and the United States [...]

LTTE has caused damage to Tamils, should lay down arms – India

      India today asked the LTTE to give up their weapons and said it was ready to work with Sri Lanka to evacuate civilians caught up in the war zone.

UN chief to visit Sri Lanka

  UN HUMANITARIAN chief John Holmes is to pay a three-day visit to strife-torn Sri Lanka later this week to review the humanitarian situation, the world body said on Wednesday. UN deputy spokesman Marie Okabe confirmed an announcement from Colombo that the UN emergency relief coordinator was due in Sri Lanka on Thursday at the [...]

Relief by sea

Mullaithivu civilians: SRI LANKA-The Government yesterday dispatched 40 metric tons of essential relief items to the trapped civilians in Mullaitivu on the direction of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The consignment was dispatched through the sea route.dailynews