Navy’s services vital for Nation’s forward march

Today we are passing a significant period of time, which demands more than ever before, the most dedicated and committed services from the Sri Lanka Navy to reap the dividends of the dawned peace for the nation’s forward march, said Sri Lanka Navy Commander Vice Admiral Somathillake Dissanayake, addressing the officers being commissioned at the colourful commissioning and passing out parade held at the Main Parade Ground of the Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) in Trincomalee on March 26, 2011.

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Gem mine in Maeliya reserve:

Three nabbed

Three persons were arrested by the Nuwara Eliya District Crime Detection Unit on suspicion that they were maintaining several large scale gem mines in about 500 acres in the Maeliya reserve of the Upper Kotmale area.

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Beware of LTTE false pretences

Ambassador tells European states:

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha cautioned against those advocating mono-ethnic separatism in Sri Lanka while espousing the ideology of the LTTE, using its money and being manipulated by its surviving military leaders.

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