Troops encircle over 200 Tigers

The entire Puthukudiyiruppu township and Iranapalai area came under Security Forces control last evening with 58 Division troops and 53 Division troops surrounding the last terrain controlled by the LTTE in the North East of Puthukudiyiruppu after capturing Pachchapulmudai junction the last supply route connected to the No Fire Zone from the mainland under 58 Division troops control.

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Happy tidings for NY:

Cost of Living dips

Sri Lankan consumers are in for a New Year bonanza due to the rapid decrease in Cost of Living indexes in recent times, Trade, Marketing Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs Minister, Bandula Gunewardena said yesterday.

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Eurojust tactical meeting on ‘LTTE front organizations’

A Tactical Meeting on LTTE Front Organizations, was hosted by Eurojust (the EU institution responsible for co-ordination of investigations and prosecutions between competent authorities in the Member States), on March 30-31, 2009 in the Hague, Netherlands.

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Ninety percent shareholders give consent:

People’s Leasing takes over SML management

Seylan Merchant Leasing (SML), a subsidiary of Seylan Merchant Banks will transfer 20 million of its shares to People’s Leasing Bank following the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), sources said.

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