Share Blogs

In FR case, Supreme Court approves new private TV regulations to apply to new station applications, cancels disputed regulations-lawyer

According to the Defence Ministry, the LTTE has lost its earth bund built across the A-35 road up to the northern edge of the Nanthikadal lagoon. With the latest military advance, troops have established their positions less than 2 km to the bridge at Vellamullaivaikkal on the A-35 road. The bridge is the main road access to the narrow land stretch on the northeastern coast where the LTTE holds thousands of civilians as a human shield in the ‘No Fire Zone’. Meanwhile Sri Lankan soldiers of 53 Division yesterday (Apr. 12) successfully repulsed several LTTE attempts to breach military defence line in Puthukkuddyiruppu. According to the MoD, the terrorists have launched at least four offensives at Army defence lines established across the A-35 (Mullaittivu-Paranthan) road. The clashes that broke out around 6 in the morning lasted more than 12 hours, the sources added. Troops not only crushed the ground assault but also pushed their own forward boundaries as they pursue the fleeing enemy.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today (Apr. 12) ordered the Armed Forces engaged in counter terrorists operations in the north to remain defensive during the Sinhala and Tamil new year celebrations that starts from tomorrow. The statement in full issued by the President’s Office: “As the nation celebrates the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year, His Excellency the President is deeply conscious of the need to give the civilian population entrapped as hostages by the ruthless actions of the LTTE, the opportunity to celebrate these festivities in a suitable atmosphere and to have uninhibited freedom of movement from the No Fire Zone to the cleared areas. “With this objective in view, His Excellency has directed the Armed Forces of the State to restrict their operations during the New Year to those of a defensive nature. “The Sinhala & Tamil New Year is symbolic of the amity prevailing amongst all communities in  Sri Lanka . In the true spirit of the season, it is timely for the LTTE to

ElectionsCommissioner Dayananda Dissanayake has decided to cancel over 100,000 polling cards issued in excess for the upcoming Western Provincial Council election. The Elections Secretariat said the main reason for the cancellation was that several polling cards have been issued for the same person in different areas as some people have registered as voters at various addresses. The main opposition, United National Party parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauf Hakeem complained to the Commissioner over those polling cards. The Election Secretariat said that they have cancelled a total number of 133,000 polling cards issued in excess.

The G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) new syllabus results are now available on SMS. Type exams (index number) and send to 7777. E.g. Exams 80000000 and send to 7777.