Troops encircle city from three directions:
Kilinochchi fall imminent
COLOMBO: The fall of Kilinochchi, the LTTE’s
strategic bastion in the Wanni and its core administrative capital
is imminent as troops had established positions in the outskirts of
Kilinochchi district, Defence Affairs spokesman Minister Keheliya
Rambukwella said.
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No pause in development efforts - Media Minister
COLOMBO: Media Minister Lakshman Yapa
Abeywardena denied the UNP’s charges that the Government has ordered
to cease all ongoing development projects in an extraordinary
Circular to Government agencies.
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Rains lash North
Jaffna: Due to the prevailing stormy conditions
in the Jaffna Peninsula following a disturbance in the Bay of
Bengal, 387 families numbering 1,625 persons have been affected in
the Jaffna district, the National Disaster Relief Centre said
yesterday.
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